A Speech Too Far
What are the limits for academic departments when inviting speakers to campus?
Author Profile
Jay Schalin
Jay Schalin joined the Martin Center in August 2007. A Philadelphia native, he began his writing career as a freelance journalist for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and wrote for several other papers in New Jersey and Delaware. Schalin has a B.S. in computer science from Richard Stockton College in New Jersey and an M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware.His articles have appeared in Forbes, the Washington Times, Fox News Online, U.S. News and World Report, Investor's Business Daily, Human Events, and American Thinker. His op-eds have been published by the McClatchy News Service and the Raleigh News & Observer. He has been interviewed on ESPN, National Public Radio, and UNC-TV, and his work has been featured on ABC News and Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.
Schalin is a member of the National Association of Scholars and is on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Philosophy and Letters.
Articles by Jay Schalin
IdeaFest
There’s no shortage of ideas for reforming higher education–the National Association of Scholars has 100.
The Facts Speak for Themselves
Students’ impassioned arguments don’t alter real evidence that a UNC-Chapel Hill department head’s scholarship and teaching are one-sided.
Brave New Transformation
Sometimes ignorance is better than “education.”
Free Teacher Ed!
Participants at a Pope Center conference on improving K-12 education called for less restrictive teacher certification mandates.
Texas Round-Up
A new report by the Texas Public Policy’s Center for Higher Education makes a strong case for some credible reform.
Four More Years (of the College Bubble)
President Obama’s re-election means the higher education bubble will continue to build rather than burst.
The Smutty Professor
UNC-Wilmington’s English department has sunk to new depths by hiring a new professor whose writing is unprintable.
Oh, For a Satirist!
In the land of the blind, a one-eyed man is considered a heretic.
Gender Grudge Match
The “Women in Science” movement seems to be largely a victim mentality in search of a cause.