Oct 9, 2026

The Myth of Neutral Education

Schools cannot avoid teaching values, no matter how strongly they claim to remain morally or ideologically neutral.

Out of the great 19th-century liberal revolutions, there was the aspiration that society could forge a new path with the formation of neutral institutions. This was particularly salient in public…

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Oct 8, 2026

DEI Doesn’t Belong at Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University takes its name from a Jewish study hall, where dissenting views and passionate disagreements are encouraged. However, YU’s institutionalization of DEI—a profoundly rigid, intolerant ideology—flies in the face…

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Oct 7, 2026

Teacher Education Without the Education Establishment

In 2012, Dr. Daniel Coupland, professor of Education at Hillsdale College, published a Martin Center (then the Pope Center) article entitled “A College Reinvents Teacher Education.” That piece described how…

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Oct 6, 2026

The Standardized Test War Heats Up Again

For quite a few years, the opponents of using standardized tests in college admissions were riding high. More and more schools were falling for the argument that the tests were…

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AI — Tara Winstead, Pexels
Oct 5, 2026

Higher Ed Is Still Muddling Through AI

It has been nearly four years since OpenAI announced ChatGPT in November of 2022, and most universities continue to muddle along with their AI efforts. Many are treating it as…

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Fire in Rome by Hubert Robert.
Oct 2, 2026

John Adams Warned Us About the Professors

For the first time in its history, the American Association of University Professors has endorsed a political candidate, and—you guessed it—he’s a democratic socialist. On July 30, the organization formally…

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Accreditation Gets Some Competition

The U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule to overhaul the federal accreditation system is reshaping the broader national debate over accreditation.  Among other changes, the proposal would simplify the process…

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Sep 30, 2026

UCLA Would Rather You Didn’t Read the Syllabus

I had a simple question: What are teachers learning at schools of education? I wanted to examine what books these institutions assigned, what instructional practices they promoted, and what their…

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Traditional architecture, as shown here, says something about UNC's values.
Sep 28, 2026

UNC Wears Its History Well

It is today widely acknowledged that face-reading—the belief that you can work out the character of a person from the look of their face—is impossible. But what about institutions? Can…

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