A DePauw University sociologist is team teaching a course with a convicted murderer.
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
Yes We Can Indoctrinate
Education establishment types frequently accuse traditionalists of overkill when they claim that higher education really seeks to indoctrinate even when its denizens pretty much admit that is what they do.
Affirmative Action For Attitude
No matter what happens on Tuesday, in President Obama, academia has realized its greatest apex of influence, and created a poster child (albeit a middle-aged one) who is the living embodiment of its most monumental failure.
Another Professor For Romney
Believe it or not, we actually found a Romney supporter in academe, and at a state university no less.
America’s Religious Freedom Threatened
Until recently, Americans were used to hearing about threats to religious freedom in other countries.
Missing Boat On Diversity
The latest issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education features a supplement on Diversity In Academe that, like the industry it covers, gives a superficial treatment of the concept, at best.
Commemorating a Non-Conformist
Just one of the many misconceptions about conservatives, particularly in the academy, is that we all come off of an assembly line. To preserve this fiction, academics prefer to study us from a distance, if at all.
Myth Of Cultural Imperialism
The beauty part about studying history by using primary sources is that you find that the real story is much more interesting than the comic book Robber Barons versions (think Howard Zinn) that garden variety professors like to pass on.
The Obama Academic Bloc
Both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns attract their share of scholars. This year’s race is no exception.
Education’s Federal Achilles Heel
In the last presidential debate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney went out of his way to declare his resistance to federal intrusion in education. It remains to be see whether he can retain that resistance should he win the top political job.