UVA and the Dangerous Politicization of Our College Campuses
…that our institutions of higher learning are still places where fairness and the free exchange of ideas prevail. But those of us who have recently experienced life on a college…
…that our institutions of higher learning are still places where fairness and the free exchange of ideas prevail. But those of us who have recently experienced life on a college…
…the father of his son-in-law taught philosophy at the school for many years. Davis was both an excellent investor and a forceful supporter of free enterprise. It took four years…
…their departments or top administrators will try to rein them in. For example, engineering has been infiltrated by activists who are concerned about social justice concerns, not just how to…
…be mastered, theorems to be memorized, or concepts with which one must be demonstrably conversant—although all those things will contribute in indispensable ways to the pursuit of a liberal education….
…access to, or knowledge about, different views (which can be heard and tested only in an environment of free expression and constructive dialogue), students will have a warped view of…
…the issues of academic freedom and free speech and authored the book Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus. (See my review here.) Getting the meaning and boundaries of academic…
Students on campuses across North Carolina will soon take their final exams. Some have already started. Those exams are supposed measure what a student has learned in the course, although…
…protecting free speech, freedom of association and free exercise of religion and the universities’ nondiscrimination or diversity policies. By confusing discrimination with free expression, universities continue to place their politically…
…each semester. Angela Davis won notoriety in 1970 when she purchased the guns for an attempt to free a Black Panther on trial for the attempted murder of a prison…
…stones of goodness into our lives, we will find an anchor for our lives, which will result in a deep and lasting satisfaction through life, and allow us to influence…