Academics love captive audiences, whether they find them on a college campus or within prison walls.
Yearly Archives For 2011
CAP: ‘Mainstream’ No More?
The Center for American Progress (CAP) continues to buck its so-called “progressive” label with each report and analysis it publishes.
Ramadan: Lent in a hurry
Maybe Catholic colleges and universities would be more emphatic about Church traditions such as Lent if they thought they were similar to Islamic rites such as Ramadan.
Academic TEA Party naysayers
There are none so fearful of TEA parties as those who will not attend them.
Civil Rights & Wrongs
Federal speech codes could only be the beginning.
Black History Partially Reconstructed
With the unveiling of a controversial memorial to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, it is useful to explore the black history that academia ignores.
Student’s Rights SaVEd
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has put out a scathing report and analysis on the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (also known as “Campus SaVE”) Act that is up for consideration in both chambers of Congress.
Cultural Proficiency=Academic Deficiency
Omaha Public Schools’ purchase of books allegedly touting “white privilege” ideals last month-paid for with more than $131,000 federal stimulus dollars-caused quite a stir. The Platte Institute for Economic Research wondered, “Did OPS really purchase…
Covering (for) the president
Post pundit and Georgetown prof sounds presidential.
Left-leaning Lecture Halls
Universities like to think of their lecture series as extensions of the education that students get in their classrooms. Unfortunately, they usually are.