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I have made the decision to never again seek employment at a college or university. I will never send another C.V. to an institute of higher education. I am finished wasting my time.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 9:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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I have had the advantage of having degrees in both biology and English. I know how each is taught, and the requirements of each.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2014 @ 11:02 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Every field of study has its standard way of teaching it to students. Science is mostly taught through lectures and labs. Literature and philosophy are mostly taught through classroom discussion. And English composition is mostly taught through students writing essays and bringing them to class...
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If it is really a kind of aggression to correct student grammar, composition teachers are unnecessary.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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You can reform particular organizations - a university or a department - but you cannot reform education as a whole. Why? Because education is a spontaneous order.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 3:01 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The term "spontaneous order" was coined by the economist F.A. Hayek to describe the market economy. He meant that no one designed the world of market exchange; it developed spontaneously as people sought to achieve their goals by coordinating with others in ways that they discovered over time.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 @ 8:30 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In a previous article, I argued that students and professors in the sciences benefit from studying the humanities. Now...
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 3:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Shortly after clocks were introduced to Japan in the sixteenth century, Japanese inventors used the principles underlying the clock’s movements to create robots.
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 6:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Sellers of goods and services are motivated to do their best when they can make more money if they do a great job of satisfying their customers. On the other hand, very few will put forth their best when there is no extrinsic reward for doing so.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: George Leef
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