The Obama Administration’s former Homeland Security Chief has taken over the University of California. “Janet Napolitano had zero experience leading a college before she became president of the University of California last year,” Eric Kelderman wrote in The Chonicle of Higher Education.
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Professoriate’s Self-Proclaimed Neutrality
With a straight face, professors mostly tell you that they avoid advocacy.
Checks, Balances, And Checkbooks
One wonders whether Christie ever imagined such a small return on the personal political investment he made when praising the Obama Administration’s declaration of superintendence over Hurricane Sandy relief a week before the 2012 presidential election.
Higher Education’s Debt Kiss
The U. S. Department of Education wants for-profit colleges to prove that their graduates are gainfully employed. For their part, the for-profits claim that their non-profit counterparts would fail such a test.
Rocky Horror State U?
Why does a campus with such a diverse student body need a “Center for Student Diversity”?
Feminists Attack Wikipedia
Feminist groups at several universities recently took part in an effort called “Edit Wikipedia Day,” to address what they perceive as the sexist flaws in the website.
Michigan Students Protest Libs
In a bold move on today’s politically correct campuses, a group of brave libertarian students at the University of Michigan recently decided to stand up and tell the school that they were, in effect, “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.”
Designed for Failure: The Common Core State Standards
“Standards” and “College readiness.”
Environmental Activism in English Literature
Environmentalists are now going back to find environmental messages written in classics published long before the first Earth Day was commemorated.
China’s Common Core
Although we often hear about how China is in hot economic competition with the U. S., we don’t hear as frequently how eerily similar their education system is to ours. “The Chinese government has always…
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How Millennial Marxists Are Made
Communism is winning the battle of ideas in the dream world of academia that it could never win in the real world.
Why Literature Is Vital
In the Fall issue of the Intercollegiate Review, writer Gracy Olmstead makes a more cogent case for the study of literature than we’ve ever heard at the Modern Language Association.
Real Historians Know History
In November’s Campus Report, we look at the difference between real historians and the counterfeit variety we usually get in academe, the former bring history to life because they make an effort to know their…
What Hath Wellesley Wrought?
In March 2017, six self-righteous professors (members of the tellingly named Commission for Ethnicity, Race, and Equity (CERE)) sent an email to the entire Wellesley community in which they railed against “several guest speakers with controversial and objectionable beliefs [who] have presented their ideas at Wellesley.”
UCONN Pres Admits: DACA Support Tied to $
Follow the money is a good guide to education reporting too.
UN-Reno Sorry for Kaepernick Kostume
It turns out that university administrators can feel apologetic.
US Flag Defiled @ UN-Reno
Well, it looks like the University of Nevada at Reno is training the next generation of NFL fans: This UN won’t defame Colin Kaepernick but the American flag is fair game.
Northern Michigan University Offers Degree in Marijuana Studies
Mary Jane, pot, weed, marijuana: Now there is a university offering a college degree on studying marijuana and growing it.
NC State Song Line, ‘Winds of Dixie,’ Criticized as Being Potentially Offensive
The song line at NC State University, “the winds of Dixie,” could offend minority students, claimed a student op-ed.
Faculty Should Not Govern Free Speech
Why Faculty Should Not Choose Who May, and May Not Speak on University Campuses
Book Review
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
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