UNC under FIRE

…groups are open to Christian students; the Italian Club is open to Korean students; and the Black Student Movement is open to white students.” French retorted, “A Christian group has…


The Academy Then and Now

A widely held view in the national press and certainly among academics is that we’ve come a long way in overcoming prejudice. Presumably we’re now more open to a wider…




Against Scholar-Activism

…orthodoxy look like, who is perpetuating it, and on what grounds are they doing so? Professors might immediately want me to point out that universities are known for being open




Could the AI Evangelists Be Right?

open on many a screen in America’s classrooms. Leading publications rank how chatbots such as ChatGPT, Bing, Claude, Bard, and Gemini answer queries about health, personal finance, cooking, current events,…


Are English Departments Really Dying?

…a favorite ideology du jour must nevertheless demonstrably improve their students’ composition skills, especially where there is an externally administered writing test at the end of the term. Despite such…