Education

A Pitt Student’s Take on Corbett’s Budget Proposal

  • April 27, 2011

As a Pitt student, I will not be joining in those manufactured protests, nor will I be participating in lobbying activities like Pitt's yearly "Harrisburg Day" when the University spends…

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Education

Abandoning The SAT – Fraud or Folly?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 14, 2008

Interesting discussion about universities ending use of the SAT at Wake Forest (presumably applicable to the ACT – which I took, and scored crazy high on) at Minding the…

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Should Uncle Sam Take Oil Company Profits?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 13, 2007

US News and World Report answers: No: “Today’s earnings are tomorrow’s investments, both in exploiting hard-to-reach oil reserves and in alternative fuels.” Of course, Governor Rendell believes those investments…

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