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God and Man at University

by Barney on 10 August 2009

Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by G Cameron

A new working paper published by the National Bureau for Economic Research in the US produces some interesting findings about religiosity and university education, among which is this:
Being a humanities or a social science major has a statistically significant negative effect on religiosity — measured by either religious [...]

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Iranian Baha’i told “Your education has been terminated”

by Barney on 30 November 2008

Kelardasht © Intercaspian (www.intercaspian.com)
Like thousands of other hopeful young Iranians Ameed Saadat sat Iran’s 2008 national university entrance examination. He passed was accepted to study hotel management at Goldasht College in Kelardasht, Mazandaran, and began his studies.
Sadly, though, Mr Saadat suffers from a severe disability as far as the Iranian authorities are concerned. He is [...]

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