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Blog Entries by Paul Stoller from 04/2012

Professing Hard Work

| Posted 04.02.2012 | College
Read More: Edcuated Elites, Research and Teaching, Edcuation News, Academic Standards, Academic Salaries, College News, Tenure, College Professors, Science, College News

College professors are yet again being flayed in the media. This time, an opinion piece in the Washington Post follows a well-worn path, complaining that professors are vastly overpaid. Let me demonstrate why this is dangerously out of touch.

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Cannibalizing the Campus

| Posted 04.23.2012 | College
Read More: Education, War on Women, Budget Cuts, College News, Mitt Romney, Tom Corbett, Social Inequality, Social Class, Tea Party, Pennsylvania Schools, College News

Until recently, we all saw the college years as an important time for intellectual, social and cultural growth. Those days seem to be over. Colleges and universities have been profoundly politicized.

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Targeting Timbuktu

| Posted 04.25.2012 | Impact
Read More: African History, Islam, Timbuktu, World Civilization), Tuaregs, Mali, Cultural Heritage, Africa, Unesco, Joseph Kony, Cultural Property, Songhay, Impact News

Military occupation is not only bad news for the people who live in Timbuktu, but also for its world-renowned centers of learning that house precious manuscripts, some of which date to the 13th century.

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