Even lifelong men and women on the Left are becoming concerned about the oppressive political climate on American college campuses. Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at the New York University’s Stern…
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Professor: The ‘Government does not do a Good Job of what it should be doing’
The government is not doing a good job at its main responsibility of representing the people, said a college professor from Hillsdale College.
Angela Davis Speaks at DC University, Speaks of Israel and America as “Settler Colonial Nation[s]”
Angela Davis, a former Communist Party USA leader and Black Panther, as well as a former member of FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted, recently spoke at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Her speech, entitled…
College President Wary of Big Government
That alone is a newsflash. Usually, college presidents approach big government with their hands out. At the Cato Institute on March 30, 2017, Mark Zupan, president of Alfred University, noted that trust in government is…
Academic Economist Endorses Free Market Health Care Reform
Occasionally, one of our more free market economists in academe latches onto an idea that moves us away from collectivism. Unfortunately, the impact is usually marginal. Such an idea is “reference pricing,” or competitive pricing…
Trump Education Budget Rattles Establishment
President Trump’s budget “blueprint” for the U. S. Department of Education recommends a 13 percent decrease in spending for the agency, but provides few details on how he will reach that goal. Nevertheless, the details…
The New Jacobins: Where Israel Is Involved, the Suppression of Campus Speech Is an Old Story
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Chester Evans Finn, Jr., a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education, observed in 1989 that university campuses had become “islands of…
Immigrants’ Children Assimilating To Gangs
When advocates of immigration controls suggest that legal immigrants and their children “assimilate” to the United States, they usually mean acquiring a working knowledge of the U. S. Constitution. Unfortunately, it may be easier for…
Academics Finally Notice Conservatives Exist
As a long-time news analyst, I find it refreshing that at least some professors are taking the rise of conservative journalism seriously and treating it as a subject to be studied. In a “Call for…
Taxpayers Avoid Footing the $17.6 Million Legal Bill for UNC ‘Paper Class’ Scandal
The bill for legal fees continues to rise at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill after the university was sued for holding “paper classes” to help their student pass fake courses. According to Inside Higher…
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Progressive Free Speech?
Free speech absolutists are getting nearly impossible to find on campuses, at least among the Left that dominates universities.
Harvard Undergrad Afraid Of Rich People
A sociology major at Harvard is so afraid of rich people that she took to the pages of The Crimson to describe this fear.
University of Michigan Looks to Hire Students to Build Coalitions, Fight against Racism
University of Michigan is looking to hire students to be “coalition builders” and fight against racism on its campus.
Saint Louis University, Amid Budget Crunch, Buys Amazon Echo Devices for Students
A year after laying off 120 workers, Saint Louis University outfits 2,300 student rooms with Amazon Echo devices and will not detail how much that cost the university.
More Good News For College Grads
Yet and still, there may be a mismatch between what universities like to teach and the labor force.
No Evidence That Teacher Raises Raise Outcomes
A Yale professor who supports raising teacher salaries nevertheless admits that there is little evidence showing that such salary increases affect educational outcomes.
Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone
Reading alone is a lost art and reading outside your comfort zone is even rarer in an age of microaggressions and trigger warnings. Yet and still, an associate professor at John Brown University suggests we do just that.
A For Anxiety
That’s apparently the grade an increasing number of students seem to expect when they’re too stressed out to give presentations.
Harvard Business School Applications Down
Sometimes what looks like bad news inside academe may actually be a good omen for the rest of us.
Judge: Mizzou’s Gun Ban is Okay, but could be Unconstitutional
The University of Missouri won a court case where it can enforce its ban on guns on its campus, which the judge ruled did not violate a state statute. But, the constitutionality of the ban could be resolved in a different lawsuit, if one is filed.
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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