There’s a monumental decision coming soon. Not one to decide the future of the nation, such as the midterm elections, but about an actual monument. The monument is Silent Sam, … Continue reading “The Chancellor’s Dilemma: Finding Silent Sam a Home”
By wide agreement of writing professors and composition scholars, new freshmen arrive not only ill-prepared for college writing but many show little improvement after four years of undergraduate education. In … Continue reading “How Political Indoctrination Destroyed the Promise of Learning in College Writing Courses”
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series on faculty roles in higher education. Part I by Fabio Rojas is here and Part II by Jay Schalin is … Continue reading “Defining Faculty Roles: In Defense of the Activist-Scholar”
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series on faculty roles in higher education. Part I by Fabio Rojas is here and Part III by John Wilson is … Continue reading “Defining Faculty Roles: Scholarship Only, Activism on Your Own Time”
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series on faculty roles in higher education. Part II by Jay Schalin is here and Part III by John Wilson is … Continue reading “Defining Faculty Roles: Scholarship First, Activism Second”
On March 2, there was one of those oh-so-revealing events that makes people realize that very bad trends are at work in America, trends that are corroding the essence of … Continue reading “The Middlebury Mob Shows How Thin the Veneer of Our Civilization Is”