Chief Diversity Officers Are Sad
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) has published its second “State of the Chief Diversity Officer” (CDO) report. Following up on the 2023 survey, the 2025…
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RE: “Charting a Better Collegiate & Workforce Education Course”
I read the Martin Center’s recent report, “Charting a Better Collegiate & Workforce Education Course,” with interest. As a longtime higher-education reformer, I share the Martin Center’s sense of urgency to improve…
Social Work’s Failing Investment
“Our school is firmly committed to anti-oppressive practice, policy, and research. Therefore, we expect our … students to adhere to these values. That means recognizing our own biases, privileges, and…
RE: The Faculty Merit Act
I regret that the National Association of Scholars (NAS) has proposed the Faculty Merit Act (David Randall, “It’s Time to Mandate Merit,” Jan. 2, 2016). I agree that some universities,…
Another College Costs Calculator
For families across North Carolina, the most confusing part of the college decision is no longer writing application essays but trying to pin down a price that often feels deliberately…
It’s Time to Mandate Merit
In an August City Journal piece, my former colleague John Sailer wonderfully quoted an anonymous professor: “Every day, the universities wake up and break the law.” Just about every faculty-hiring…
The Exhilarating and the Dull
Sir Roger Scruton wrote in How to Be a Conservative that “the work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation slow, laborious and dull.” Conservative higher-education…
Reforms We’re Cheering For in 2026
Every December, the staff of the Martin Center share our higher-ed-reform dreams for the coming 12 months. Some are obvious; others are fanciful. We offer them all here in a…
How Postmodernism Killed Great Literature
Last week, I finished reading Ottessa Moshfegh’s bestselling 2018 novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation. While I usually do not read books from the “Millennial Sad Girl Navigates Modern…
Ten Books We Want Under the Tree in 2025
If you’ve been a longtime reader of the Martin Center’s work, then you know we collect books. Our library now holds nearly 1,000 titles, although our recent move means that…