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Adrian Wooldridge's critique of PhD employment prospects and value

It might seem that having too much education, like being too rich or too thin, is impossible to achieve. However, according to Adrian Wooldridge's article "Doctor Dole Queue," that is precisely what is happening to a generation of PhD students.

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Religious freedom and Protestant influence on colonial American higher education

The impact of religion on the human psyche is both important and worthy of investigation.

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European leaders' failure to heed warnings about Hitler's true intentions

Abraham Ascher was a noted author of history and distinguished Professor Emeritus at City University of New York until his death in 2012.

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The problem of evil in Christian theodicy and Jesus Christ's example

The problem of Sam the neighbor is not something new in the spiritual evaluation of the human condition. The presence of discomfort, fear and violence leads the casual observer to believe that if there is a God, he or she or whatever it is, has a desire to see people suffer in pain and confusion.

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Handheld and computer games in second grade mathematics learning

The impact of technology on the education system has not been fully explored in many ways. Teachers and students alike are discovering new ways in which technology may be incorporated within the day and find approaches that utilize technology to its greatest advantage.

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Climate change as a threat to international security and governance

There were political events; civil unrest and terrorism that made countries like the United States take precaution. Although globalization became prevalent within the last decade, economic globalization has taken precedence.

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The long tail approach to managing information systems

Anderson (2004) argued that the laws of supply and demand can be viewed in a different manner that can positively affect an organization's ability to create and sustain a competitive advantage within a market.

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Du Bois' critique of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise

In 1895 Booker T. Washington gave his Atlanta Compromise speech that traded political and voting rights for economic rights. In 1901, W. E. B. Du Bois, wrote "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others," arguing against that compromise and for racial equality.

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John Stuart Mill's utilitarianism versus libertarian political philosophy

J. S. Mill writes about a utilitarian philosophy that is much more moral and human that is depicted by Sandel, who uses the anecdote about organ harvesting to suggest that utilitarians would simply take one's organs if it could make two or more people happy.

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Morgan Spurlock's Supersize Me and food reform movements

Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock undergoes one of the most masochistic eating experiments imaginable, eating only McDonald's food for thirty days. He tracks his mental and physical health throughout the experiment to reveal the drastic ill effects of regular fast food consumption.

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