From State of Nature, 1968 to 2007 — Antiwar Student Movements in the US: Then and Now. A review of Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI's Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists by David H. Price. A true culture war: The real issue for academic anthropologists is how our profession is going to begin to play a more significant educational role in the formulation of foreign policy. Faking it, with 2 books and more: Terry Caesar considers the assumptions academics make about fellow academics — many times based on a less than complete reality. From The University Bookman, a review of The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America by David Horowitz, and a review of Christianity and the Soul of the University: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community. An interview with Hanna Rosin, author of God’s Harvard. More on Until Proven Innocent by Stuart Taylor Jr and KC Johnson. An interview with Alan D. DeSantis, author of Inside Greek U.: Fraternities, Sororities, and the Pursuit of Pleasure, Power and Prestige. A review of The Naked Roommate and 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen. Here are ten stupid ways to ruin your college application. From Inside Higher Ed, an article on how higher ed can fix K-12. Going from B to A: How to fix the No Child Left Behind Act. From The Economist, what works in education: the lessons according to McKinsey. From Rethinking Schools Online, an article on backpedaling toward Plessy: The Supreme Court constrains the meaning of Brown and education. Dude, you’re a fag: A look at how homophobia operates in high school. Sex, literature and schools: Perhaps the lesson is that young, male English teachers should not give books to ninth-grade girls. An interview with Jonathan Kozol, author of Letters to a Young Teacher.
