Dr. Walter Williams, a distinguished economics professor at George Mason University, noted recently that taxpayers have an imperfect understanding of the academic rot that exists at our nation’s colleges, adding that “what distinguishes one college from the other is the magnitude of that rot.”
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Modern-Day Ethical Dilemmas
“Those who find it comfortable going into high ethical strictures go into politics, those who don’t do into academia.”—Michigan State University economist Steven Waldman noted wryly at the fifth anniversary of the Free State Foundation.
Congressional History Lesson
“History teaches us that the bigger the government, the smaller the private sector.”—U. S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn at the Free States Foundation’s fifth anniversary, October 12, 2011.
School Boards In Bondage
America’s school boards want more money from American taxpayers but they don’t want to be told what to do with it.
Chartering Big Easy Schools
Scores in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina have jumped considerably at a time when the majority of the city’s public schools have become charter schools.
Coreless Nebraska Colleges
Are Nebraska college students receiving a well-rounded education?
Accuracy in History
Listen to a bona fide historian give some surprising history lessons. Originally broadcast on April 7, 2011.
Columbia University’s Israeli Fall
A Mid East Studies professor who we have covered is in the news again, and once again the subject of investigations surrounding claims that his attitudes towards Israel could be labeled discriminatory.
AIM & The TEA Party
Read about what the founder of AIM and AIA had in common with the TEA Party.
Regional Jokes Get Pass
“We live in a society where you can lose your job for making a racist joke but where there are usually no consequences for making regional slurs.”—Althea Webb, assistant professor of education, Berea College, in The Chronicle Review, October 7, 2011.
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Hoop Earrings and Cultural Appropriation
Hoop earrings are not cultural appropriation and have been adopted by a variety of cultures, said one University of Pennsylvania college professor.
University Lowers ‘Civility Flag’ when People are Offended
Waste of time? Arcadia University flies a ‘civility flag’ and lowers it for an entire week whenever someone is offended on-campus.
New York Agrees on ‘Free Tuition’ Deal, but It Freezes Out Private Colleges
“Free college tuition” deal is reached in New York, but it really is not “free” since it could cost taxpayers at least $163 million.
Angry Protesters Disrupt Speech by ‘War on Cops’ Book Author at Claremont McKenna College
Protesters disrupt another speech: This time, ‘War on Cops’ book author Heather MacDonald had to cut her speech short and be escorted to a safe location at Claremont McKenna College.
Wichita State Student Government Rejects Young Americans for Liberty Chapter due to ‘Dangerous’ Rhetoric
A Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter was rejected by the student senate because YAL is known to have hosted controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos and that makes the chapter ‘dangerous.’
Hair Privilege is a Thing? Female Student Shaved Head on Facebook Live and Wrote an Op-Ed about it
Huh? A female student at Villanova shaved her head on Facebook Live and then wrote an op-ed about how hair privilege exists.
University of Oregon to Cut 31 Jobs from Humanities and Foreign Language Programs
The University of Oregon is cutting 21 non-tenure track positions and 10 staff member positions in foreign language and humanities to balance their budget.
China Lets Australia-Based Chinese Academic Fly Back to Australia
Chongyi Feng, a Chinese academic based in Australia, was allowed to fly back to Australia from China after the Chinese government barred him from leaving the country.
Hamiltonian Welfare
The craze around the hit Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’ aside, too many people are reading the Constitution as if they were Alexander Hamilton, said a college professor.
Book Review: Northwestern College Professor Survived a Title IX Investigation over an Essay She Wrote
Laura Kipnis, a professor at Northwestern University, faced a Title IX investigation from the U.S. Department of Education over an essay on sexual paranoia among Millennials and their professors and administrators on college campuses (which…
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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