The Course: SSCI 102: Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences.The Content: Survey of contemporary, peer-reviewed social science articles and monographs; discussion of basic research methods and analytical skills useful to the various social sciences.The Assignment: Produce a 750-1000 word review of a scholarly book...
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I think this gets most of the obligatory points:A statement, or paragraph, about "hook-up culture," preferably with no statistics to back it up, but if you must, you must. General.
Anthony Infanti at Feminist Law Profs has got a great post up about the decision of the President of San Jose State University to ban blood drives on campus. Why?.
If you can ignore the truly inane comments (with your usual dose of lady-shaming and -blaming), it's worth checking out this article on the Denver Post's website, reporting on a request at a Denver high school that maternity leave be granted to students who have...
In response to Robert Maranto's editorial, Donald Douglas of Long Beach City College spills his guts and exposes the leftist cesspool of higher education:Maranto's discussion rings very true in my.
This op-ed in today’s Washington Post recycles all the unpersuasive anecdotal and statistical complaints usually raised by conservatives when moaning about the liberal bias in higher education. The piece is.
It's no surprise at this point to learn that the prison door is revolving. Recent studies show that up to 2/3 of those recently released from prisons are rearrested within three years. Recidivism is expensive. It's also preventable, up to a point.It's not hard to...
Laura McKenna:OK, a little poking around found that the Cleveland voucher is now worth up to $5,000 per student, which is much closer to what the average per student funding.
As a follow-up to the debate that various TAPPEDers and ex-TAPPEDers are having with respect to conservertarian claims about the efficacy of school vouchers, this from Justice Stevens's dissent in.
From Slate's XX Factor:Following the kerfuffle over birth control for the Hanna Montana set, health officials in Portland, Maine, have agreed to report “all illegal sexual activity involving minors as required by law,” according to an article from a Maine newspaper. That includes any time...
Whatever you think about the debate over the availability of the birth control pill in a Maine middle school, the Onion's done you one better.(via)