Carpet Bombing Identity “Studies”
Bruce Bawer’s book exposes the pseudo-academic nature of the “studies” programs that are widespread on college campuses.
The Best Laid Plans
The University of North Carolina is revisiting its strategic plan in a time of great change.
Free Speech and Civility
A college student learns that “civility” is the latest buzzword in the lexicon of reactionary administrators.
Unraveling America?
Charles Murray’s latest book suggests that elite colleges are tearing apart the nation’s social fabric.
About Those “BB&T Courses”
The entrepreneur who brought Ayn Rand to scores of campuses explains how and why.
A Lot of It Is Sheer Nonsense
What exactly are we getting for the time and the billions of dollars we spend on higher education?
Kiwis Do It Better?
A professor who grew up in New Zealand finds American universities to be more like finishing schools.
Misreading the Qur’an, a UNC Tradition
Ten years after a selecting a book about the Qur’an that evoked enormous controversy, the same professor is at it again.
Moore’s Law versus the Law of More
Instead of providing better educational value, colleges have been spending money at a faster clip.
For God, For Country, and For Yale—But Mostly For Yale
A new book criticizes the moral aimlessness of one of the nation’s most prestigious schools.