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Peter Augustine Lawler

Peter Augustine Lawler is Dana Professor in the Department of Government and International Studies at Berry College.
  • The Withering Away of the College Professor
    May 18, 2017

    The Withering Away of the College Professor

  • The Bubble at Middlebury
    March 8, 2017

    The Bubble at Middlebury

  • Conservative vs. Liberal, Plato vs. Descartes
    September 29, 2016

    Conservative vs. Liberal, Plato vs. Descartes

  • August 17, 2015

    Emptying Content from College Courses

  • Why Tenure Makes Teaching Better
    June 28, 2015

    Why Tenure Makes Teaching Better

  • The Withering Away of Law Schools
    March 10, 2015

    The Withering Away of Law Schools

  • How Reform Conservatives Can Help Higher Education
    November 11, 2014

    How Reform Conservatives Can Help Higher Education

  • Grade Inflation 1, Princeton 0
    August 12, 2014

    Grade Inflation 1, Princeton 0

  • Why Accreditation is a Waste of Time
    July 20, 2014

    Why Accreditation is a Waste of Time

  • July 6, 2014

    What’s the Real Threat to Liberal Education?

  • May 15, 2014

    Seven Competing Views of Higher Education

  • May 6, 2014

    A Simple Fix For the M.B.A.

  • March 23, 2014

    Plato, Rawls and the Liberal ‘Comfort Zone’ at Harvard

  • February 5, 2014

    Harvard’s President Faust Explains It All

  • December 22, 2013

    Why Grade Inflation Hurts Social Mobility

  • October 20, 2013

    The Downside of MOOCified Disruption

  • September 20, 2013

    The End of “Disrupting” in Higher Education?

  • July 11, 2013

    Saving Liberal Education From ‘The Humanities’

  • June 16, 2013

    Civic Engagement: Teaching Students to Be Partisan Activists

  • June 6, 2013

    What’s Wrong with Our Meritocracy?

  • May 20, 2013

    President Obama and the Proud Men of Morehouse

  • May 6, 2013

    Why MOOCs Fail At Real Education

  • May 3, 2013

    MOOCs and the Stratification of American Higher Education

  • April 29, 2013

    What’s Wrong with ‘Cultural Transmission’?

  • April 23, 2013

    Conservatives v. Libertarians on Higher Education

  • April 15, 2013

    Why Taxpayers Should Support the Liberal Arts

  • April 11, 2013

    Are Conservatives (or Libertarians) Ruining Liberal Education?

  • March 24, 2013

    Let’s Scuttle the University as Hotel

  • February 15, 2013

    The Core Value of Higher Education Is Money?

  • June 12, 2012

    The Higher Ed Bubble–Not as Big as You Think

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