Giant of Ideas Threatens Small Minds
Some University of Chicago faculty are throwing a tantrum over the proposed Milton Friedman Institute.
Articles by George Leef
How Much Do College Students Really Learn?
Some colleges are asking that very question about their own students.
Is the College Degree Obsolete?
One academic suggests that the standard four-year degree is more hindrance than help.
Bureaucracy U?
The proposed
Who Has the Final Say about Grades?
When students object to their grades, do colleges have the right to overrule the professors?
Thinking of Law School? Let the Buyer Beware!
A word of caution about investing in a law degree unless you really want to practice law.
How Truth Lost Out to Political Correctness at Wellesley
A professor describes her bitter experience defending historical fact over mythical Afrocentrism claims.
When the Academy Was Free
Alan Kors is a highly-regarded professor of history who has taught at the University of Pennsylvania for decades. Kors was the recipient of the Pope Center’s Caldwell Prize for academic…
Warning–Honest Grading Can be Hazardous to Your Job
Biology prof axed for not inflating grades.
The “Residence Life” Movement Finally Attracts Attention
Students at the University of Delaware undergo “the treatment.”