Higher-Ed in the NCGA’s Long Session
This year is the North Carolina legislature’s long session. With the “crossover” deadline of May 8 just a month away, the Martin Center has collected a roundup of proposed bills…
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Bad Legal Education Puts America in Jeopardy
It is worrisome that “progressive” activism has managed to infiltrate so much of American higher education, but wildly politicized sociology and English departments can do us only marginal damage. Few…
Are N.C. Colleges Cutting Their Mandatory DEI Courses?
In February, the UNC System sent a memo regarding one of President Trump’s executive orders, instructing UNC System schools to eliminate “all general education requirements and major-specific requirements mandating completion…
A Welcome Post-DEI “Boost”
On February 5, 2025, the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) launched Boost, an “accelerated college to career program” designed to move lower-income students into the “high-wage, in-demand careers” that…
U.S. Military Academies Should Adopt the CLT
Under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the U.S. military academies of West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy are in for an extreme…
Feds Tell Med Schools to Stop Discriminating
On February 14, the Department of Education officially notified educational institutions receiving federal funding that they must cease race-based practices—including admissions, hiring, promotion, scholarships, administrative support, discipline, and sanctions. The…
Nebraska Should Follow Through
In August 2017, a professor and a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln protested students who were recruiting for the conservative student organization Turning Point USA. A video…
The Great Un-Wokening Meets the Campus Resistance
Many of America’s large corporations are beating a retreat from their former commitments to saving the planet from catastrophic climate change. They are also reassessing their earnest allegiance to DEI…
Why Do Colleges Make People Unhappy?
My friend James Creigh recently alerted me to a new study showing that relatively young (18-to-40-year-old) American women who consider themselves “liberal” are more than twice as likely to be…
The End of the DEI Era
The University of Michigan’s recent about-face on DEI is both encouraging and instructive. Yes, even high-profile institutions with long records of supporting racial favoritism and radical ideological movements can show…