Is Grade Inflation Yale’s Fault?
Nearly 80 percent of grades at Yale University during the 2022-23 academic year fell within the “A” to “A-minus” range, according to a new report in the New York Times.…
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Do Title IX Proceedings Count as Legal Processes, or Don’t They?
The Obama administration’s efforts to use Title IX to pressure universities to crack down on campus sexual assault transformed higher-education law. To date, 512 accused students have filed federal lawsuits…
Woke Me When It’s Over
Many, perhaps most, Americans are just now waking up to the meaning of “woke.” What does “woke” have to do with looting, bricks, fires, and blood in Portland, Seattle, and…
The Philosophical Force Driving the Fight to Rewrite History
Two recent stories that dominated academic Twitter were the cancellation of the Western Art History course at Yale and the incorporation of the 1619 Project in the school curricula in…
Did You Know? The Law Schools That Pay Off for Graduates
New improvements in the College Scorecard data from the U.S. Department of Education have shown some of the specifics for how well degrees pay off. With those improvements, the public…
Administrative Bloat: Where Does It Come From and What Is It Doing?
Philip Hamburger recently published a piece in the Wall Street Journal arguing that Congress should control administrative bloat by limiting student loan funds given to colleges with too many administrators.…
Identity Politics Versus Basic Logic: Should Colleges Offer Affirmative Action for the Female Majority?
Academic postmodernism is no stranger to the idea that classical Enlightenment values such as reason, equal treatment, and individual agency should be cast aside for the sake of racial and…