Editors’ Corner
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Yale, along with other leading universities, has used academic freedom as an excuse for abandoning academic standards. But the truth is, Yale does impose values; they just aren't the right ones.
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Penn State dropped its season opener to perennial underdog Ohio, 24-14. Meanwhile, some fans were spotted taking pictures alongside a cardboard cutout of disgraced former coach Joe Paterno. Apparently, some Penn State fans still haven't come to grips with Paterno's role in covering up the sex abuse crimes of Jerry Sandusky.
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Charles E. Menifield, a professor of public and non-profit administration at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has attracted some attention with his pointed, and, some would say, politically-incorrect words about underachievement among black students, especially black males... Read More
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Richard C. Levin has announced that he will step down as the leader of Yale University at the end of this academic year... Read More
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Ohio State University faculty received an email this week, asking them to consider inviting an Obama campaign operative to speak to their classes. "If you were willing," the memo said, "the volunteers could also take a couple of extra minutes to see whether they could interest any of your students in volunteering for the Obama campaign."