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The Actual Needs of the Needy
A paper by two academic economists may help redefine what poverty means, and provide new paths to confront it.
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Poverty, Reconsidered: Ever since economists started trying to keep tabs on poverty, they've done so by measuring income. But what if that's the wrong way of going about things?
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The Mix Tapes of Osama bin Laden: Neither CNN nor FBI could find much use for Osama bin Laden's personal collection of audiocassettes, but Flagg Miller is listening, and he says there's much to be learned.
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Tenured Professors and Passionate Learning
How can faculty members reignite their scholarly passion in the face of heavy teaching and service loads?
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What Darwin's Doubters Get Wrong
Yet another cadre goes after the old English naturalist. But these critics, like many before them, are deluded, says Michael Ruse.
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Women Home From War
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Superman ... in My Classroom?
On many college campuses, it’s become a widely recognized comic form: Students dress up as the Ghostbusters, the Incredible Hulk, or Pac-Man; parade through a lecture hall as a perplexed professor looks on; and film the whole event for YouTube.
College 2.0: Should Lectures Go Online?
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Jury Finds Iowa State Professor Filed False Bias Complaints in Pursuit of Tenure
The jury concluded that Daniel Krier made untrue allegations of gender discrimination against two colleagues who were critical of his academic work.
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Virginia's Governor, in Response to an Outcry, Says Workplace Bias Is Banned
The directive comes after the state's attorney general advised public colleges that their policies banning discrimination based on sexual orientation were invalid.
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