How Will AI Impact Higher Ed?
Virtually every observer of American higher education agrees that it is in trouble, and most think the short to midterm future for universities is pretty bleak. Most emphasize growing disenchantment…
The Coming “Spot-Fixing” Threat
Match-fixing is difficult and expensive, even in an individual sport. The enticement—or threat—needs to be so great that the athlete will cast aside everything he’s ever known and believed about…
An End to Excellence: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Undermine Our Medical Schools
An End to Excellence: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Undermine Our Medical Schools presents a detailed examination of how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in American medical schools compromise…
“Friendly” Influence Matters, Too
Much has been reported lately on the influence of foreign actors such as Qatar, Iran, and China on American campuses. What seems to slip under the radar in this debate,…
The “NC Colosseum” Is Prestige Over Practicality
Since the Dean Smith Center needs major repairs, why is UNC considering a 25,000-seat cricket stadium? That was the surprise tucked into the Board of Trustees’ July 30 External Relations…
The Growing Problem of Authoritarians in the Academy
Most Americans firmly believe that educational institutions should be places where all ideas can be discussed and no one need fear reprisal for saying the wrong thing or pursuing the…
Duke Is Abandoning American History
Imagine, for a moment, the year is 2500. Human civilization is gone, lost to disaster, time, or neglect. One day, an alien research team lands in what was once North…
Life at Chesterton House
Across the country, elite universities are locked in a power struggle with the federal government. Up here at Chesterton House, an independent, Christian, residential study center at Cornell University, the…
Let the Left Copy Hillsdale
Since the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights continues to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act as interpreted in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the discussion…
A Bold Bluegrass Initiative
Kentucky’s recent passage of House Bill 4, which eliminates “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs at public universities and colleges, represents a crucial step toward restoring meritocracy, academic freedom, and intellectual…