th college football season upon us, this is a good time to consider again the allure that fielding winning teams in the big-money sports (football and basketball) has for many higher education leaders. Just as many students are convinced that getting into an elite college is essential to their futures, so many college presidents are
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While on vacation this summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Biltmore Estate, the largest home in America. After the tour, my companions and I took a poll on the favorite room and found that the library was the winner. And with more than 20,000 books bound in leather and gold, it’s not surprising that
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The headline is reminiscent of a hypothetical question that drew attention at the Libertarian Party’s presidential debate earlier this year: Must a Jewish baker make a Nazi cake? In this case, however, the question is not hypothetical. Via KSLA News out of Louisiana: A Facebook post shared by a Bossier Parish teen is getting a
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As the Western world becomes more secular, religious knowledge is on the decline. At Intellectual Takeout, however, we feel that educated people should possess some basic knowledge of each of the world’s religions–even if they aren’t practicing members of any particular faith. To get an idea of how up-to-speed you are on the topic of
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One of the great concerns in advanced economies is unemployment among men, and especially young men. In the United States, millions of manufacturing jobs have disappeared with the advance of technological change, reducing the demand for certain types of labour. Graduates are faring better, and women seem more ready candidates for the service sector jobs
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