Meet Sarah, a very bright student in her junior year in high school. She excels in math and science and thinks that an engineering career of some kind would be … Continue reading “What’s the Alternative to a Mountain of College Debt?”
The excuse we have often heard for raucous campus protests over the last few years is that they are justified as a way of countering the “violence” of speakers like … Continue reading “No, Professor, Words Are Not Violence”
Since launching its Stand Up for Free Speech project in 2014, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has had a great deal of success in defeating college officials … Continue reading “Student Free Speech Suffers a Defeat”
The academic enterprise is supposed to be about truth. Those who are entrusted to teach are expected to convey knowledge to their students, not their opinions. And when academics write … Continue reading “Professors Should Write Books That Seek Truth, Not Inflame Passions”
For most professors, the quest for tenure is an all-consuming obsession. It confers security against job loss and cements your position at the college or university. With tenure, you’ve “made … Continue reading “Meet the Professor Who Has Been Punished for Denouncing Tenure”
American college campuses are becoming more and more like the old communist states where people enjoyed freedom of speech—but only so long as they didn’t question some aspect of the … Continue reading “Duke Assails Free Speech So It Can “Protect and Value Diverse Perspectives””
That free speech on college campuses is under attack cannot be denied. We find invited speakers being disinvited or shouted down, “bias incident” reporting systems that encourage students to complain … Continue reading “Can the Feds Do Something to Protect Campus Free Speech? Should They?”
The Martin Center has been covering the Kafkaesque case of Marquette University professor John McAdams since it first broke several years ago. Professor Howard Kainz first wrote about it in … Continue reading “Court Ruling in the McAdams Case: A Body Blow to Free Speech and Tenure”
During Barack Obama’s administration, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was staffed with “progressives” who were intent on pushing federal policy in ways that advanced their visions of what … Continue reading “Why the Woman Appointed to a Top Education Department Post Is Under Fire”
Recently, several states have adopted policies that ostensibly make college education free to their residents, but with strings attached to this benefit. The most famous program is undoubtedly New York’s. … Continue reading “Attaching Strings to “Free” College Education Makes No Sense”