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Uncommon Knowledge: Andrew FergusonThe Hoover Institution - Hoover InstitutionAndrew Ferguson: Crazy U A speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush, Andrew Ferguson is now a senior editor at the Weekly Standard. The author of Fools Names and Land of Lincoln, Ferguson s most recent book is entitled Crazy U: One Dad s Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College.  What does the experience of getting our children into college tell us about the state of higher education today and about ourselves? Recounting his experience in guiding his son through this process, Ferguson discusses the voluminous amount of information available today about colleges and universities (from the U.S. News rankings to the glossy brochures sent out by admission departments) but insists that it remains impossible to get an answer to the one essential question that every parent has, Is there any learning going on at this school?
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July 14, 2011
Short Cut to Nirvana Science and Nonduality - The Kumbh Mela is the biggest gathering of people in the history of humanity - although few in the West have ever heard of it. More than 70 million pilgrims attend this extraordinary spiritual festival, which has been held every 12 years near ...
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July 13, 2011
Rabbi Saperstein: Engaging Citizens for the Common Good Chautauqua Institution - Chautauqua AmphitheaterFocusing on the areas of religion, media, government, education, and academia, the 2 p.m. Interfaith Lectures will present the ethical and moral imperatives that come to bear in the ...
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July 12, 2011
Long-Form Storytelling in a Short Attention Span WorldThe New School - Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan HallThis discussion will cover the full scope of putting together long-form investigative pieces, including: what topics appeal to audiences; how can you make complex issues ...
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July 12, 2011
William Ayliffe: Why We See What We Do Gresham College - Museum of LondonThe visual system has developed to allow us to navigate in a complex and dangerous world in order to find food and to avoid danger.  This survival system works by building a complex three-dimensional model ...
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July 12, 2011
Peter Sutherland: Leadership in Troubled Times Gresham College - Barnard’s Inn HallPeter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, examines the challenges of leadership at a time of financial and geo-political dislocation.  For transcript and download versions of this ...
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