That free speech on college campuses is under attack cannot be denied. We find invited speakers being disinvited or shouted down, “bias incident” reporting systems that encourage students to complain … Continue reading “Can the Feds Do Something to Protect Campus Free Speech? Should They?”
The budget released by the North Carolina Senate in early May sets a careful course for higher education. It includes modest increases over last year’s budget for both the University … Continue reading “Senate Budget Is Prudent, Predictable (And That’s a Good Thing)”
The “adjunctification” phenomenon is a familiar concern to most recent Ph.D. graduates, as well as a recurring criticism of perceived trends in faculty employment. One professor recently wrote that it … Continue reading “Are Full-Time Faculty Being Adjunctified? Recent Data Show Otherwise”
The Martin Center has been covering the Kafkaesque case of Marquette University professor John McAdams since it first broke several years ago. Professor Howard Kainz first wrote about it in … Continue reading “Court Ruling in the McAdams Case: A Body Blow to Free Speech and Tenure”
Recently, a bill was introduced in the North Carolina legislature that would shift control of the state’s apprenticeship program from the department of commerce to the community college system. The … Continue reading “North Carolina’s Apprenticeship Program Offers Big Potential at Small Cost”
During Barack Obama’s administration, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was staffed with “progressives” who were intent on pushing federal policy in ways that advanced their visions of what … Continue reading “Why the Woman Appointed to a Top Education Department Post Is Under Fire”
Many readers probably have read about the New Wave of free speech suppression that has swept across campuses in the last several years. It comes on the heels of the … Continue reading “Free Speech Is More Threatened Than Ever and We Must Respond”
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has signaled that she might be a force for good when it comes to scaling back Obama-era Title IX expansion. This would be a … Continue reading “Secretary DeVos Could End Title IX Overreach on Campus”
Recently, several states have adopted policies that ostensibly make college education free to their residents, but with strings attached to this benefit. The most famous program is undoubtedly New York’s. … Continue reading “Attaching Strings to “Free” College Education Makes No Sense”
Student intolerance and opposition to free speech have been gaining momentum. What began as isolated incidents at the University of Missouri and Yale University in fall 2015 quickly spread to … Continue reading “NC Joins Growing List of States Seeking to Protect Campus Free Speech”