To the editor: Excellent piece on diversity offices. They are both unnecessary and damaging to a university’s proper mission. They are unnecessary because universities have survived quite well without them … Continue reading “Letter to the Editor: Diversity offices are unnecessary”
In recent years, American universities have come under fire for frequent mistreatment of speech on their campuses. Often, this mistreatment is a result of restrictive or ill-defined speech codes—policies that … Continue reading “Federal Bill May Bolster Campus Free Speech, But Will it Go Anywhere?”
As Oscar Wilde tells us, “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” This is especially true of bureaucracies on college campuses. Once their seeds are planted, their growth … Continue reading “Do Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Offices Achieve Their Stated Goals?”
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”
State legislatures are taking up higher education reform. Sometimes higher education reform consists of attempts to regulate what happens on college campuses, such as laws that prohibit universities from requiring … Continue reading “Academic Freedom Doesn’t Shield Universities From Oversight”
Racial preferences in university admissions aim to increase the representation of minorities in higher education. Some, however, have objected to these policies and argue students should be admitted based on … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Negative Effects of Racial Preferences on Minority Students”
Although many colleges and universities today claim to be dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, their policies and practices often violate those principles. Among the most common types of violations … Continue reading “Bridge to Discrimination: Decades of Gender Bias in the UNC System”
North Carolina State University students need to be taught about how to be “inclusive,” according to the school’s chancellor and top administrators. Last June, NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson released … Continue reading “Diversity Training Comes to NC State University”
Last year, advocates of racial preferences in California, where they’d been banned since 1996, attempted to change the law so that state colleges and universities could again give admission advantages … Continue reading “A Broad and Devastating Offensive Against Racial Preferences”
To the editor: We call it Diversity Training, but it is not. It has nothing to do with Diversity (whatever that is) and everything to do with Dogma and Doctrine. … Continue reading “Letter to the Editor: What does diversity training have to do with diversity?”