http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/ en-us phibetacons@nationalreview.com 2009-07-01T18:40:04-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmMwODhiZTBmOGFjMTk1MWE0NTgzYTJhMWJiMDJjNjA= Commenting on the Clegg-Meloy debate on whether the recent Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano might influence employment practices on campus... . . . 2009-07-01T18:40:04-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzM4MDhhM2ZiMDdhYjI3NjEzYmRkYzZjOTNlYzc5NjM= Over at Inside Higher Ed, Scott Jaschik does a nice job covering the implications of the Supreme Court's cert denial in Truth v. Kent School District.... . . . 2009-07-01T18:39:26-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGRhZDVmMGM5ODc4MWM3ZGRjZTNhOGNiYjE3ODIxZDY= In debunkingnbsp;various arguments currently being bandied about in the health-care debate,nbsp; George Newman expresses puzzlement, at least rhetoric... . . . 2009-07-01T18:36:55-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDMxOWMxZGUxYjg0MTRmMTNkZjliNzZjODllYjAzNmU= Thank you, George, for directing us to Maurice Black and Erin O'Connor review. As I read the somewhat surprising news that no one really seems to know... . . . 2009-07-01T15:47:54-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODdjM2VmODdlY2I5N2ZkOTA1YzA1N2ZkNzg4NTU3OTY= I just saw Dahlia Lithwick on C-SPAN discussing the Ricci decision, and she skipped carefully around the questions at the heart of the case. The casen... . . . 2009-07-01T15:45:05-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmJkOGFiOGNkODRlZDIwN2M3NTQ4MmI3NmUzNTg1M2Y= The Pope Center has just released a new paper by economics professor Robert Martin. In it, Martin explains why we have a "revenue to cost spiral" that... . . . 2009-07-01T13:14:09-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjI5NzRjZmJkNTliNjgzZGIxY2U3NDliZTFjMmI5MTk= Over at the Chronicle of Higher Education, Christina Hoff Sommers takes aim at some persistent myths in feminist scholarship. . . . 2009-06-30T13:06:45-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzE0YmY1ZDlmNjdjYmJhNTBmOTI2Yjg5ZTcyM2ZhZmQ= Maurice Black and Erin O'Connor of ACTA have written an excellent review for Minding the Campus of Off-Track Profs: Nontenured Teachers in Higher Educ... . . . 2009-06-30T11:33:08-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGZiMmU0OTZiZDI3OTBmOTNlYWYzNTMwZTY5NDQ3N2M= Rich Vedder, who has done as much as anyone to challenge the conventional wisdom that the more people who get college degrees, the better, here review... . . . 2009-06-30T10:53:15-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzMwYWM0Mjc3ZTBjNjc5YmIzOTRlMWM2YjcwN2RhZDk= This morning the Supreme Court announced that it would decline to review the 9th Circuit's decision in Truth v. Kent School District, a case holding t... . . . 2009-06-30T10:46:40-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2VhNTZlNjUwNWQ3ODYzYjhhMGEzN2JjZmM5NDg3ZDk= Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano (the New Haven firefighters case) has people wondering if it might affect employment practice... . . . 2009-06-30T10:41:13-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWFiNzA3N2MwZWE2ZGIzZmY4NzZlMWE0NTgzMzJlZTg= It has been said that the strongest remaining bastion of Marxism is the American higher-education system. Among other pieces of evidence for that prop... . . . 2009-06-29T17:57:17-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGQ2ZWZmN2I5MWVmZTYxOWM4MjE2MTU0Y2E3ZjIzOWE= Fred spotlights Jack Hough's argument against the present systemnbsp;of higher education, in which colleges "simply certify knowledge among their stud... . . . 2009-06-29T17:56:00-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDg1MjQ5NGI0ZTgyNTQ1MTFmOWEzZDExY2FkNzljZWE= Last Friday, the Pope Center published this piece by Charles Geshekter, professor emeritus of history at Cal State Chico. His lament: that CSUC has a ... . . . 2009-06-29T15:27:37-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTg3NjlhMWUwNzQ1MDVmN2U4NWZmMDJmZWZkNWZkOWE= Todayrsquo;s New York Post has a longish article expandingnbsp;on a point we have often made at Phi Beta Cons: Too many people go to college. Jack Hou... . . . 2009-06-29T15:26:17-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTFiZmY1YWIxZjBmMzIyZmIxN2Q0YzM5NzIwMTA0NTY= Recently I wrote about the Independent Review article by Dan Klein and Charlotta Stern on academic groupthink. If you want to get into more detail on ... . . . 2009-06-29T13:05:09-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDA0ZTVlOGFhMDE2MDQ5NzMwZGVjMDVkMjk3MjQ0YmY= "Universities should be places of vigorous debate, but its leaders should be discerning about the individuals they invite to speak on campus," says Ch... . . . 2009-06-26T13:17:19-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmY3MTIyOWQyM2FiMTJmMmE4ZWIxYzY4MjI3YzFjOTQ= Affirmative action continues forward on a basis ofnbsp;denials and misperceptions. In discussing thenbsp;Sotomayor nomination, Michael Gerson wrote ... . . . 2009-06-25T12:19:35-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTI1N2YzMjgwYTc3NjdkYWIyMzdiOTI4Y2NkMjRhYTQ= Walter Williams offers his thoughts on Ward Connerly's Minding the Campus article. . . . 2009-06-24T16:01:24-05:00 http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTVkNWNlZGNhZjU1NjY5MWU3NjUyZWExZWYwZmJiYTk= In todayrsquo;s Inside Higher Ed, I and others weigh in on how to ensure the reconstituted National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and ... . . . 2009-06-24T14:54:18-05:00