UNC Wears Its History Well
It is today widely acknowledged that face-reading—the belief that you can work out the character of a person from the look of their face—is impossible. But what about institutions? Can…
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How Humanities Professors Got Marginalized
In any discussion of the state of the humanities, the first fact is a numerical one. In School Year 2021-22, while a little more than two million people earned bachelors’…
Blueprint for Reform: Teacher Preparation
Blueprint for Reform: Teacher Preparation critiques the quality of instruction in schools of education. Future teachers are not being taught the essential knowledge they need to effectively teach reading and…
Why Are Our Campuses Seething with Antisemitism?
The scale of support on college campuses for militant antisemitism and even for Hamas barbarism has alarmed most Americans, but there’s something else here that ought to trouble us, too:…
Letter to the Editor: Viewpoint-neutral teaching is a sop
To the editor: Viewpoint-Neutral teaching is a sop. It does nothing; it is nothing; it achieves nothing. And, at the end, students have learned nothing. This nullity is inevitable because…
Suggested works for American history courses
To the editor: I was taught American history at Christian Heritage Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school is now located at 4400 S.E. 27th Street, Del City, Oklahoma 73115,…
Now Is the Time to Renew History Departments
In 2022, Jon Lauck published The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900. His book describes a wonderful range of things to love about the 19th-century Midwest: its…
The politicization of history
To the editor: You are very good at spreading your ideas, but not very good at soliciting responses. Politicizing science is terrible, but what about my war against politicizing history?…
School of Journalism—or Ministry of Propaganda?
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…
How the College Board Mangles the Teaching of History
The College Board is a not-for-profit company that has a great deal of influence over American education. Its Scholastic Aptitude Test (the SAT) is the most widely used test for…