Editor’s note: The following article was originally published at Legal Insurrection on August 8, 2021. On July 29, 2021, I gave a presentation on “Fighting Smart Against Critical Race Theory … Continue reading “The Fight over Critical Race Theory in Education: A Fight for Our National Survival”
Law schools in the U.S. used to be run by no-nonsense individuals who, whatever their personal politics, thought that their institutions existed to teach students about the law, not to … Continue reading “Progressivism Surges Through America’s Law Schools”
To the editor: I appreciated George Leef’s article, and the law journal article by Cantu and Jussim that it reviewed. I recently learned, for example, that whites apparently have a … Continue reading “Letter to the Editor: Eradicating microaggressions will not eliminate racism”
With “cancel culture” running rampant on social media, in politics, and in the classroom, professors who put forth the effort to help students think critically and challenge their beliefs are … Continue reading “When Universities Don’t Step Up, Good Professors Are Forced to Step Down”
Michelle Goldberg complains in the pages of The New York Times about how it is the left wing that is currently a victim of cancel culture—thanks to the right, which is trying … Continue reading “The Backlash to Critical Race Theory Is on The Way”
The fight for “equity” in higher education is a story-driven project. As the Annie E. Casey Foundation explains, “To illuminate racism, we need to ‘name it, frame it and explain … Continue reading “Tilting at the Windmills of ‘Inequity’”
Diversity training is now in force at many institutions of higher education. In the typical scenario, students, staff, and faculty submit themselves to the mercies of hectoring lectures and demeaning … Continue reading “The Origins of the Cruel Ritual of Diversity Training”
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media recently announced a heralded addition to their faculty. Nikole Hannah-Jones has agreed to accept a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism … Continue reading “School of Journalism—or Ministry of Propaganda?”
Most businesses and the general public had a brutal year in 2020—perhaps with the notable exceptions of Zoom and toilet paper manufacturers. Universities suffered as well, with enrollment drops and … Continue reading “The Trouble with Faculty Hiring Booms in a Politicized Time”
“Woke” academics have taken to attacking almost everything that’s traditional in our culture. Math and science are denounced for their “whiteness,” and Shakespeare has to be replaced by writers from … Continue reading “Higher Education Takes Aim at ‘Colonialist’ Music”