Defending the Reconquista at New College

…threat.I will be spending my 2024-25 sabbatical as presidential scholar-in-residence at New College. My own experience since President Richard Corcoran announced the appointment in February confirms the desperate need for




Hacker Hits Duke Computer System

…through the machine. The break-in caused godzilla6 to crash, which immediately paged the Office of Information Technology administrator. It is not clear whether the hacker accessed the lists generated by…



What N.C.’s “REACH” Act Gets Right

…civics requirement. Students study several subjects in high school that are also required at the college level.Kidwell responded by pointing out that students study several subjects in high school—such as…


Sustainability: A new college fad with fangs

…spread into American higher education is the subject of a deeply researched study by the National Association of Scholars, Sustainability: Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism. “In less than a decade,” write…




How Much Work

…that a third of the jobs involved in transportation and moving will be too difficult for   high school graduates? Or does it mean instead that credentialism will have penetrated far…