The venerable NAACP has issued its first call to arms for education in nearly a decade.
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Academics Of The World Unite!
For years, intellectuals—particularly the academic variety—have proclaimed their solidarity with “the working class” but for one of them, this self-identification goes much deeper.
Pillar of Georgetown
Not many would link the CIA acronym with academia but there is a surprising overlap between them.
Service Learning For Elites
If you thought service learning involved helping the unfortunate, you have no idea how expansively universities define the concept of “needy:”union organizing and faculty associations make the grade.
Academics Affirm Affirmative Action
A quartet of studies has arrived just in time for the Supreme Court’s consideration of an affirmative action case.
Alger Hiss Still Guilty
More than a half a century after Alger Hiss betrayed his country, some academics still proclaim his innocence.
Columbia Prof Minimizes Scandals
Columbia University has a “director of the center for gender and sexuality law” by the name of Katherine Franke who is considered an authority on sexual matters by The New York Times.
McGreen Jobs
College graduates, disappointed to find that they are working in minimum-wage positions rather than the “green jobs” their university promised them, might be startled to learn that they got their wish.
Elites Become More So
“Over the last thirty years, America’s test-prep companies have grown from almost nothing into a $5 billion annual industry, allowing the affluent to provide an admissions edge to their less able children.”–Ron Unz, The American Conservative, December 2012
Agents of Inaccuracy
“Despite the fact that more than half of faculty members say on surveys that an important goal for undergraduate instruction is to ‘encourage students to become agents of social change,’ colleges don’t have much of an effect on student political participation.” —Canadian sociologist Neil Gross
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Professors: Public Memorials Promote ‘White Heterosexual Male Supremacy’
Public museums and memorials allegedly promote ‘white heterosexual male supremacy,’ two college professors claimed.
Evans’ 5 Simple Rules for a Vibrant Economy
Although he focused most of his energies in his later years on researching and writing about the history of espionage and internal security in the United States, he had quite a background in economics as well, much to the benefit of his readers over the course of his career.
Texas A&M University Received $3.5 Million Diversity Grant from the Feds
Texas A&M University received a $3.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to promote diversity.
Cal-Berkeley Student Government Wants to Cancel Police Training, but University Says No
A student government resolution at Cal-Berkeley wants to cancel a university police training program called Urban Shield, but the university will ignore the resolution.
CRAAP From Librarians
Don’t look now, but your local school library soon could be getting into the liberal indoctrination racket.
UNC Professors Unhappy with Trump’s Investment in ‘Masculinist State Institutions’
Two college professors are unhappy with the Trump administration’s investments in “masculinist state institutions” such as immigration enforcement.
College Administrator: Algebra Prevents Advancement of Students
Algebra is apparently a huge impediment to advancing in community college, at least to one community college chancellor.
Claremont McKenna Suspends Students who Disrupted Speech
Five Claremont McKenna students were suspended, and two on “conduct probation” due to their involvement in shutting down a speech by an author on the college campus this past spring.
Youngstown State Students Unhappy with Chick-Fil-A Being On-Campus
More anti-Chick-Fil-A outrage, this time at Youngstown State.
We the Living comes alive at Cato Institute
Ayn Rand has been gaining more attention lately in literary and academic circles.
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
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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