The Great AP Score Recalibration
Average course grades tend to be lower in some college subjects than others. Engineering and the “hard” sciences, for example, retain reputations for being “harder” subjects than the humanities and…
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Matter of Honor
Honor is usually considered a good thing. Given that fact, should we be worried that UNC-Chapel Hill recently discontinued its longstanding student-run Honor Court? On July 17, 2024, Provost Christopher…
Indiana’s Worthwhile Academic Experiment
Despite being an avid watcher of the K-12 sector and its various internecine dramas, I confess I did not have “high-school diplomas” on my bingo card of likely 2024 controversies.…
Let’s Train Students on AI
In a recent Digital Education Council survey, 86 percent of college students said they “‘regularly’ used programs such as ChatGPT in their studies,” while over half of students claimed to…
UNC Greensboro Responds on Grading
I’m writing in response to the recent piece about UNCG, alleging that DFW rates were the primary reason for program discontinuations. This conclusion is false and misinformed. As we previously…
It’s Time for a Liberty-Loving Sociology
In the sociological imagination, capitalism is now regarded as a sin standing next to sexism and racism. Routinely, sociologists call for their colleagues and students to oppose capitalism and use…
Did Hard Grading Spur UNC Greensboro’s Cuts?
Earlier this year, the Martin Center’s Ashlynn Warta wrote convincingly that faculty opposition to academic cuts at UNC Greensboro was best understood as an act of self-preservation. We stand by…
How Would Project 2025 Impact Higher Ed?
Candidate Trump has disavowed the document (seriously or not). The former president may well lose the election. Nevertheless, the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is a serious outline for governance in…
Colleges Are Wrong to Oppose Attendance-Taking
Are the men and women who staff America’s colleges rugged individualists determined to swat away the overweening hand of the state? Or are they simply greedy? An ongoing dispute over…
Could the AI Evangelists Be Right?
Asked about chatbots in 2022, a colleague or professor may have replied, “Huh?” In 2024, however, AI-assisted chatbots are seemingly everywhere: embedded in social-media feeds, integrated into workflows, and visibly…