You Majored in What?

…and training that leads to a good career, it does very little good to make them study the humanities at the same time. Maybe they will want to do that…


Free Speech for Some

…and sometimes quite petty in tone, the statement, written by AAUP General Secretary Mary Burgan, notes that the faculty do not “have a single brain that renders a unified opinion…


Inquiring Minds Ought To Know

…of State’s (and the UNC system’s) local image. And that luster will not be restored by acting as if nothing happened; it will only be restored with greater transparency and…




The Last Refuge of Pure Meritocracy

…available data, therefore, is to “permit our institutions to foster stereotypes, bitterness, and division,” said Eric Dreiband, an assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division. The latest lawsuit against…


Who’s to Blame When Students Fail a Course?

As long as college students are considered entitled customers, their complaints about their professors will be taken seriously by administrators. That’s because happy students boost college applications, affect the closely-watched…