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...Lagemann also pointed to brighter themes in the history of education research. She said recent studies have begun to acknowledge this research as a branch of science, an “empirical, experimental endeavor...
...less sensational media and more enlightened politicians. If he has no answers to U.S. violence, he does offer some scapegoats. He blames TV news for creating a climate of unjustified fear (reports of killings have risen 600%, he says, while the murder rate has decreased 20%) and the Executive Branch for an us-vs.-them foreign policy...
...speakers lectured on a branch of science twice—a 24-second technical explanation followed by a seven-word layperson’s explanation...
...credit, first-years planning to concentrate in a specific department might feel coerced to take seminars that would count for credit—making them less eager to explore new unfamiliar fields, which is one of the seminar program’s greatest strengths. Freshman seminars allow students to branch out from the field they’ll be studying for the next three years, and sometimes even cause students to change their intended plan of study. Any move that would discourage students from diversifying their academic experience would daunt the fresh curiosity of first-years. Additionally, because freshman seminars...
Unfortunately these sentiments have spilled over from the executive to the judicial branch. The Supreme Court, which under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has often tried to protect states’ rights, ruled last year that medical marijuana patients can be prosecuted by the federal government in California even though by state law they are committing no crime. This ruling was somewhat ironic; it seems that the Supreme Court is concerned with safeguarding states’ rights only when when conservative values are at stake...