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The 10 Highest Paid College Presidents 0
- Education
- June 29, 2017
Via the Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Chronicle‘s executive-compensation package includes the latest data on more than 1,200 chief executives at more than 600 private colleges from 2008-14 and nearly 250 public universities and systems from 2010-16. Hover over bars to show total compensation as well as pay components including base, bonus and retirement. Click
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Got Rainbow Pride? Only if Facebook Says You Should 0
- Culture
- June 29, 2017
During the month of June, you might have noticed that the Internet was covered in rainbows for Pride Month. YouTube proudly displayed the rainbow flag as it promoted a series of LGBTQ videos under the hashtag ProudToBeBrave. YouTube’s homepage also featured a video, “Celebrate Brave Voices this Pride,” which garnered over four million views. A rainbow
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Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
This May, Greece’s parliament passed yet another austerity bill in the hopes of securing more European debt relief. For nearly seven and a half years, creditors have held the country in an economic stranglehold. Along the way, they’ve offered a series of lessons in adding insult to injury. Political cartoons abroad portray Greeks as lazy,
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Without the State, Who Will Handcuff Teens for Selling Water Bottles?0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Tourists taking a stroll around the national monuments this past weekend might have wondered what horrible crime was committed by a group of black teenagers sitting handcuffed and detained on the sidewalk. But while imaginations may run wild, the truth of the matter is extremely tame; the only offense these teens were guilty of was
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The 10 Least Intellectually Diverse Colleges in America 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
The most recent release of the Heterodox Academy Guide to Viewpoint Diversity at today’s colleges and universities reveals that many of the worst offenders, or those institutions with the least diversity of opinion on campus, are among the top 150 in the U.S. & World Report’s rankings of the best colleges and universities. Five
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Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test.0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Big Think, an organization whose mission is to help people “…move above and beyond random information, toward real knowledge, ” published a video on their Youtube channel entitled “Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test.” The video features Kevin Dutton, a British research psychologist at the University of Oxford and author of The Wisdom of
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