Higher Education Is Shutting S...
George Leef Colleges and universities used to proclaim that their mission was to give students a broad education that would expand...
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UNC System Adopting Political ...
As was shown in the first article in this series, “diversity, equity, and inclusion” is a misleading term, indicating a radical...
read moreDear Humanists: You Have Done ...
Rob Jenkins Every time I read an op-ed piece from some English professor (and isn’t it always an English professor?) whining about...
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Megan Zogby – Accreditation agencies have the responsibility of judging whether colleges are offering students a quality...
read moreUnifying the Country Starts wi...
Jenna A. Robinson Education reformer E.D. Hirsch may have discovered the cure for our current political divisions—but it won’t be...
read moreGPA or SAT? Two Measures Are B...
Shannon Watkins – At a time when only 41 percent of college students graduate in four years—and only 56 percent in five...
read moreDonors Beware: College Officia...
George Leef – It is quite common: A successful college alum decides to donate a large sum of his accumulated wealth to his alma...
read moreCommon Reading Programs: Polit...
Many colleges assign “common readings” to incoming students as an intellectual experience outside the classroom to set the bar for...
read moreKeeping Journalists in the Dar...
Richard Phelps – The public relies on journalists to learn about and share academic research. Public knowledge can be...
read moreDC Wants to Further Subsidize ...
Chloe Anagnos – Congressional Democrats are reintroducing the Debt-Free College Act in an attempt to lower costs and increase...
read moreRADICALLY TRANSFORMING THE NAT...
2.20.19 – James Martin Center “Radically Transforming the Nation: Our Politicized Schools of Education” By Jay Schalin Excerpts from...
read moreBe Wary of This Test
Mark Bauerlein – There is a notable new testing effort afoot. It’s called Imbellus, an assessment project that has raised...
read moreHow Higher Education “Studies”...
Bruce Bawer – In 2013, Stony Brook University (part of the SUNY system) revealed plans for a new “Center for the Study of Men...
read moreFrom College Indoctrination to...
Jonathan Anomaly – A day after an internal email by a Google employee was leaked to the press, a combination of ideological...
read moreEngineering Education: Social ...
Indrek Wichman – We engineers like to solve technical problems. That’s the way we think, that’s why we chose our major, that’s...
read moreA Critical Education Departmen...
Allen Mendenhall – “Dems are taking forever to approve my people, including Ambassadors,” President Trump tweeted on June 5....
read moreA Graduate’s Perspective...
Frank Pray – During my time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I graduated this spring, many of my peers...
read moreLoyalty Oaths Return with Facu...
George Leef – One of the worst features of America in the 1940s and 50s was the persistent demand for national loyalty oaths....
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