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Tim Minchin's skeptical beat poem finally gets the animated treatment it deserves.
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The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.
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Politicians seem to be really upset with people learning things from which they might not get immediate, quantifiable benefit. And that's the worst possible attitude about education.
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Humanities scholars are still on a campaign to discourage the rise in STEM and vocational majors.
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Not making future doctors take enough science classes or pass stringent exams to appeal to humanities majors is a recipe for disaster.
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College education seems due for an overhaul and the first step may be admitting that not everyone needs it.
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As more Americans are rethinking the value of a college education, some humanities scholars are advocating not just more college, but the least employable majors possible.
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A small group of people claim there's a literacy crisis in America so they can lobby to make English spelling more phonetic.
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Texas congressman sabotages funding for science and education in a move so low, it should literally nauseate you.
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According to the Huffington Post, teaching kids science is the same as brainwashing and should be considered a form of abuse.