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Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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Economic Crisis Compels Economists To Reach For New Paradigm

Wall Street Journal | MARK WHITEHOUSE | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Policy, The Fed, Recession, Ben Bernanke, Collateral, University, Mortgage, Credit, Economic Policy, Lenders, Finance, College, Rational Expectations, Bernanke, Crisis, Economists, Banks, Academics, Theory, Colleges, Economic Theory, Universities, Business News

The pain of the financial crisis has economists striving to understand precisely why it happened and how to prevent a repeat. For that task, John Gean...

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Washington Monthly's Annual College Rankings Released

Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Washington Monthly College Rankings, College Rankings, Colleges, Washington Monthly, College, College Rankings Issue, Universities, Home News

Today the Washington Monthly releases its annual College Rankings. It's our alternative to U.S. News & World Report's rankings, which we find objectio...

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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Top 15 Greenest Colleges (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: University, Sustainable Living, Green Colleges, Green Campus, Farming, Green Universities, Slideshow, College, Colleges, Academia, Green Living, Students, Universities, Princeton Review Green Honor Roll, Green Honor Roll, Slidepoll, Green News

The Princeton Review just came out with a list of the green honor roll for 15 colleges across the country based on their eco-friendly practices and su...

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Access to Degrees -- Not Just Honorary Degrees

Michael Roth | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Commencement Address, Obama Commencement Speech, Commencement Addresses, Need Blind Admissions, Commencement, Colleges, Universities, Politics News
Michael Roth

I long to see President and Mrs. Obama inspire legislation that improves access to and the sustainability of institutions like those that have honored them this week.

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Universities in Crisis? From Compartmentalization to Collaboration

Michael Roth | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wesleyan University, Education, Colleges, Secondary Education, Universities, Politics News
Michael Roth

If we are going to provide a stellar post-secondary education experience in the future, our universities must find a way to promote forms of creative specialization not threatened by collaboration.

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How the Economy of 2009 Impacts the Class of 2013

Michael Roth | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Colleges, Students, College, College Acceptance, Politics News
Michael Roth

In the coming weeks, students across the country will be looking at the equivalent of those thick envelopes and asking: Which school can I afford, and which school will be the place where I thrive?

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Becoming a Born-Again Believer in Caring for the Environment

Tri Robinson | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Biblical Mandate, Religion, Baby Boomers, Climate Change, Environment, Christianity, Creation Care, Genesis, Colleges, Global Warming, Evangelicals, Universities, Green News
Tri Robinson

As a committed student and Bible teacher I have read and taught the story of the flood numerous times, always seeing it the same way until one morning in 2005.

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The Lunatics are Running the Asylum

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Obama Stimulus, Money, Alternative Energy, Economy, Public Health, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Smithsonian, Tax Breaks, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Stimulus, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Coast Guard, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mississippi River, Stimulus Package, Colleges, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Economic Stimulus, Department of Energy, Hollywood, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.

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What You Don't Know About Your College Education

Gina Nahai | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Colleges, Tuition, Higher Education, Economy, Cost of Higher Education, Universities, Education, College Endowment, Living News
Gina Nahai

Many colleges and universities have devoted their energies to enlarging the size of their endowments at the expense of the education and wellbeing of their students.

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Like If I Hear "Like" One More Time I'm Gonna SCREAM!

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Language, Secretary of Education, U.S. Education, Jobs, Colleges, Bill Gates, Schools, Educational Decline, Persuasion, Communication, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

If how our children speak is an indication of how they think, our young people and the country are in deep trouble.

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Report: College May Become Unaffordable For Most Americans

New York Times | Tamar Lewin | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Colleges, University Costs, College Costs, College Education, Universities, Politics News

The rising cost of college -- even before the recession -- threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the annual ...

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Colleges Feeling The Strain In Tough Economy

New York Times | Tamar Lewin | Posted 12.09.2008 | Business

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Arizona State University, anticipating at least $25 million in budget cuts this fiscal year -- on top of the $30 million already cut -- is ending its ...

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College Testing: Time to Take a Deep Breath

Jerry Lucido | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

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Jerry Lucido

As if the world's financial turmoil isn't enough, many students and their parents have the added anxiety of college applications and testing this fall. Fortunately, a new report on the use of those tests may let them breathe a little easier.

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