Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared on Times of Israel’s website. Perhaps when literary critic C.S. Lewis despaired of “omnipotent moral busybodies . . . who torment us for our own good,” he was speaking…
Topic: academia
California School Lowers Bar, an F is now below 20%
Lowering the bar! Yay, lowering education standards in Sonoma County, California!
Washington Coach Praying for Keeps
Students aren’t the only ones who get suspended from Washington’s Bremerton High School. Based on yesterday’s decision, so do coaches. That’s the latest in the outrageous case of Joe Kennedy, the devout Christian at the…
Professor Realizes Trigger Warnings have Ruined College Campuses, wrote Salon
If Salon realized this, that means it’s getting really bad and much worse than you’d imagine: You won’t believe it. I only believe it because the evidence is right in front of my face. Here,…
The Wesleyan Controversy and a Double Standard for Campus Free Speech
In what is yet more evidence that universities have become, at least where campus free speech is concerned, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” as Chester E. Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary…
USC Student Housing Remodel as Student Enrollment Grows
Here is a telling line from the press release: According to the USC FY 2014 Financial Report, the USC student enrollment has grown substantially since 2010, with an increase of about 1,200 additional freshmen per…
Poll: New Yorkers don’t like Common Core
The results are telling: “By a 40-21 percent margin, voters say Common Core standards have worsened, not improved, public education, with another 21 percent saying they have had little impact,” Greenberg said. “Looking forward, a…
Wesleyan President Stands by Student Paper after Black Lives Matter Column
Yet his comments are a bit confusing, but he does still stand by the student paper, Argus, after it published a column on Black Lives Matter.
Trick or Treat: Schools Hoard Endowment Money
Most colleges and universities are quick to push for expanded student aid from taxpayers but forget that age-old maxim: charity begins at home. “Last year, Yale paid about $480 million to private equity fund managers…
Common Core Failure in Massachusetts
Common Core State Standards is a big failure, as Massachusetts is seeing right now.