A fascinating anomaly of the academic Left: No matter how many institutions they and their policies dominate, they still view themselves as downtrodden, even in the circles in which they are dominant.
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Academics Protesting Too Much
If professors spent as much time entertaining information from the other side as they spend denouncing charges that the academy is biased, there would be no academic bias.
Juicing the Generation Gap
On traditional versus “alternative” marriage, several decades of proselytizing, aided and abetted by the mass media and popular culture, have borne fruit.
Current Wisdom 2012, Part Deux
People are still saying wise things, although usually off campus. In collecting the wisdom from the past year, that’s where we found most of the sagacious sayings.
The Chattering Classes 2012
Often we find that what is most revealing in covering the higher education beat is what academics reveal about themselves.
Publish & Perish
Mark Regnerus, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, is in such a position right now.
Imagine There’s No Cuba
Despite Cuba’s ongoing human rights crimes under Raul Castro, it apparently remains fashionable for professors and professionals to invite influential Cubans to meet with American and international audiences on U.S. soil.
Chief Illiniwek’s Revenge?
Evidently the publicity that surrounded the removal of team mascot Chief Illiniwek five years ago only whetted the University of Illinois’ appetite for more controversy.
Georgetown Strikes Out Twice
Students, faculty, and the administration at Georgetown University have missed two opportunities to fully embrace their Catholic identity— and we’re just talking this semester.
Antisemitism On Campus 2012
Schools such as Rutgers University and the University of California Berkley have had lawsuits filed against them due to hateful activity directed toward Jewish students and faculty that has ensued on their campuses.