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    The Future of Higher Education

    Experts expect more-efficient collaborative environments and new grading schemes; they worry about massive online courses, the shift away from on-campus life

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    The World Is Losing Faith in Hard Work

    Add faith in the work ethic and in capitalism to the lengthening list of casualties from the Great Recession. Four years after the Lehman Brothers’ fiasco and the ensuing global economic downturn, the idea that effort in a competitive economy can lead to success is seriously questioned in a number of major economies, including Japan, Russia and Greece, especially among those who have suffered the most.

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    Little Voter Discomfort with Romney’s Mormon Religion

    A new Pew Research Center poll finds that voters have limited awareness of Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith and Barack Obama’s religion. And there is little evidence to suggest that concerns about the candidates’ respective faiths will have a meaningful impact in the 2012 fall elections.

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    New Poll Finds Little Voter Discomfort with Romney’s Mormon Religion

    Only About Half Identify Obama as Christian  Washington,D.C. – Mostvoters continue to say it is important for a president to have strong religiousbeliefs. But voters have limited awareness of the religious faiths of both MittRomney and Barack Obama. And there is little evidence to suggest that concernsabout the candidates’ respective faiths will have a meaningful […]

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