Faculty Lounge The Decline of American Studies in America Spencer Irvine December 31, 2016 From the Pope Center: These days, when American Studies captures any attention, it’s usually for unfortunate reasons. Sometimes, a jargon-y…
Faculty Lounge Department of Education Revokes Accreditation from Accreditor of ITT Tech Spencer Irvine December 23, 2016 George Leef writes that at least 580,000 students, whose schools were accredited by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and…
Faculty Lounge Whistleblowing University of Texas Regent Discovered Slush Fund Scandal, but Remains Criticized by Faculty Spencer Irvine December 14, 2016 Wallace Hall, a University of Texas graduate, is a Regent board member of the university and had discovered a slush…
Perspectives Academic Freedom has Veered Off Course Spencer Irvine December 1, 2016 Jay Schalin, Director of Policy Analysis at the John William Pope Center for Higher Education, wrote an insightful report on…
Faculty Lounge Yes, Universities Should Accept Outside Funding for Free Market Centers Spencer Irvine November 7, 2016 A rebuttal of the anti-outside funding argument for free market centers on college campuses: While it is possible that government…
Faculty Lounge Should Universities Accept Outside Funding for Free Market Centers? Spencer Irvine November 4, 2016 It’s a good question posted by a several-part series by the William Pope Center, although the piece does read like an anti-Koch piece.
Faculty Lounge Rape Culture is a Myth Perpetuated by ‘Social Justice Warriors’, Feminist says Spencer Irvine November 3, 2016 From the Pope Center: Wendy McElroy will have none of this. She says that the chances of being raped are…
Faculty Lounge New College Cheating: Why Not Buy One’s College Degree Instead? Spencer Irvine October 14, 2016 A great read by George Leef at the William Pope Center on how lazy college students are trying to cheat…
Faculty Lounge Academic Freedom during Times of Political Correctness Spencer Irvine October 8, 2016 Read Jay Schalin’s latest piece at the Pope Center on Zionists vs. ‘post-Zionists’: In 2010, a seemingly insignificant event in…
Faculty Lounge Debunking the “College Professors Work Too Much” Argument Spencer Irvine August 25, 2016 Our friend George Leef debunks the college professor narrative that they work too much: The argument that the typical college…
Faculty Lounge How American Higher Education Turned into a False Promise Spencer Irvine August 23, 2016 From our friend George Leef at the Pope Center: One is the proliferation of college graduates who can only find…
Faculty Lounge Are College Presidents Paid Too Much? Spencer Irvine August 12, 2016 A great take by Richard Vedder: The public is increasingly interested in and incensed about sharp increases in the pay…
