Believe it or not, a left-leaning foundation has taken notice of the risk to free speech on American college campuses.
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Vietnam Remembered
On May 10, 1981, at the first rally on any campus to honor the Vietnam veteran, I resigned my position as professor to protest “The damage done to the vet by the media of the 60’s and the liberal university”and started Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform.
Deconstructing America By Decree
How can it be that somebody is permitted to legally attend a UNC school when they are not legally supposed to be in North Carolina?
The Still-Gathering Storm
This economic storm is still gathering. If we fail to act, it will soon be upon us. But we can rise above it – if we work diligently to train and nurture the scientific and mathematical talents of the next generation.
V-Tech & Unintended Consequences
Urgent action by campus administrators raises some concern whether, in the climate of fear caused by the Virginia Tech gunman’s rampage, there has been a rush to judgment that will lead to unintended consequences at some future date.
Storming the Academic Fortress
The spirit of the Spanish Inquisition is alive and well in the American university, according to George Mason University law professor Todd Zywicki, in remarks he made at the 2007 Pope Center Conference. Academia has a “new dogma” based on multiculturalism, environmentalism, and feminism, he said. “They will enforce it viciously.”
No Teacher Left Behind
Although education officials dreaded the Bush Administration’s allegedly two-fisted approach to public schools in its No Child Left Behind program, a new study shows that they seem to have found ways to work around it.
Mental Health Screening…Coming to a School Near You
Lawmakers are increasingly looking to schools to serve on the psychiatric front lines; fortunately, parents and a host of other organizations are crying foul.
Climate Change Bandwagon
The Climate Commitment is being pushed by a group of environmental activist organizations such as Environmental Defense and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Thus far, eight college and university presidents in North Carolina have signed.
High School High
Have American high schools become “marijuana marts” and “pill palaces”?