{"id":5067,"date":"2010-09-16T07:11:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T07:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/09\/16\/links-for-2010-09-16\/"},"modified":"2010-09-16T07:11:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T07:11:04","slug":"links-for-2010-09-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/09\/16\/links-for-2010-09-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-09-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/highclearing.com\/index.php\/archives\/2010\/09\/14\/11776\">What higher education costs \u00c2\u00a7 Unqualified Offerings<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of talk going around about the cost of higher education.&nbsp; Let&#8217;s look at some numbers in the state university system here, which focuses on undergraduate education.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/unqualified-offerings\">unqualified-offerings<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bigthink.com\/ideas\/24012\">Do Scientists Have a Special Responsibility to Engage in Political Advocacy? 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