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Education: A Special Need
In their efforts to educate special needs children, public schools often miss one key facet of the school experience—education. Leanna Carolla, a public elementary school teacher in the Sacramento area, saw this trend first hand…
University of South Carolina Wrongly Suspends Student for Racism
The University of South Carolina has suspended a student, apparently for writing the N-word on a white board in a study room on campus, revealed in a photo that was posted online: This controversy has…
Columbia Journalism Publishes Investigation of Rolling Stone UVa Story
The bottom line? The Rolling Stone didn’t verify or fact check Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s story, her source “Jackie” and went ahead in publishing a false gang rape story. And what did Erdely say, after all this?…
The Left Protests Common Core
Opposition to the Common Core education reforms embraced by the Obama Administration is growing, and not just on the political right. The latest issue of the decidedly left-wing journal Rethinking Schools carries two items on…
Deconstructing Hillary Clinton’s Inbox
Late last month, a law professor at American University remarked upon the legality of whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally removed official e-mails since holding that office. “It depends upon what the meaning…
Colleges Eliminating Self-Esteem Courses
Something that should give would-be education reformers pause but probably won’t: when ephemeral education fads finally come in for much-needed criticism, they have already done their damage. Case in point: the self-esteem courses popular 15-20…
Elites Push Physician-Assisted Suicide
Overlooked in the media coverage of and academic debate about physician-assisted suicide: it’s not the people most likely to receive it who are promoting it. “It’s the well off and healthy who are calling for it,”…
Culture War Not So 90s
In his first campaign for the presidency, then-Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill, declared that the phrase “culture war” was “so 90s.” Nevertheless, there are strong indications, seven years later, that the conflict is still with us,…
Adam Smith Rocks!
There’s a reason you don’t see many Adam Smith ties in the faculty lounge. “Adam Smith believed there are few things that the government should do,” James Otteson of Wake Forest said at the Philadelphia…
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Graduate Students Make Strategic Retreat
Can it be that the Resistance, at least on the academic side, is realizing that President Trump may serve at least one full term?
Are Community Colleges Less Activist?
A veteran professor who has taught in them claims they are.
‘Social Differences’ is Part of a New Graduation Requirement at Wisconsin-Stout
At the University of Wisconsin-Stout, a new graduation course requirement on global perspectives said that students must understand “social differences” to graduate.
Duke Historian Trivializes Autism
Duke University historian Nancy MacLean, not content to do slap and tickle histories, has gone on to trivialize a malady that afflicts millions.
North Carolina Universities Spend $17 Million a Year on Diversity
The state of North Carolina spends up to $17 million at its universities per year for diversity efforts, but a study did not recommend slashing this part of the budget.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
This year, for the first time in my memory, Valentine’s Day occurs on Ash Wednesday. In a way, it is appropo, because all of the saints who bear the name Valentine made the ultimate sacrifice.
Chicago Teacher Grades State of Union
But is she ready for a teacher evaluation?
What’s in a merger?
Apparently a threat to that most cherished of academic values, at least by faculty, “shared governance.”
Ten Most Totalitarian Campuses
Our friends at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) have compiled a list of the ten campuses with the worst free speech policies.
The College Student As Cash Cow
Universities like to portray students as the reason for their existence but evidence is mounting to the contrary
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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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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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