The student unrest that roiled the nation’s campuses in the first half of this year was most often associated with the “encampment,” a visible tent-manifestation of scruffy, keffiyeh-swaddled support for … Continue reading “How Academic Saboteurs Dupe College Students into Activism”
Higher-education administrators remain in a tight spot regarding the recent spate of antisemitism on campuses. They have allowed, and in some cases encouraged, a system that has an untenable moral … Continue reading “Colleges’ “Group Purity” Crisis”
Much “news” today consists of quick, divisive headlines with little regard for complexity or subtlety. A prominent example is the rapid firestorm that surrounded the conservative governments of Florida, Texas, … Continue reading “Even the Left Admits the Red-State Faculty “Brain-Drain” Never Happened”
A university library I visited recently was giving away stickers that said, “You Belong Here.” Surely this affirming declaration does not mean that students can’t flunk out or get expelled, … Continue reading “Can’t We All Just “Belong”?”
A wave of bills combating “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) efforts on college campuses have made their way into several state legislatures this year. Bills introduced in states such as … Continue reading “Which States Are Enacting the Best DEI Bans?”
According to a recent Axios poll, Republican and Democratic college students agree that campuses must broaden free speech “even if there’s some risk of violence.” Moreover, roughly 77 percent of … Continue reading “Have Left-Leaning Students Begun Supporting Free Speech?”
In 2015, a headline on the satirical news website The Onion read, “College Encourages Lively Exchange of Idea.” The subhead? “Students, Faculty Invited to Freely Express Single Viewpoint.” A few … Continue reading “The Lively Exchange of “Idea””
To recite again the arguments against “diversity, equity, and inclusion” borders on condescending. The nation watched late last year as three university presidents refused to condemn quasi-genocidal chants on their … Continue reading “No Resting On Our Anti-DEI Laurels”
Many Americans realize that our higher-education system is decaying, its standards in decline while costs continue to rise. Is this situation like a tooth with a cavity that can readily … Continue reading “How We’ve Gone from Institutions of Higher Education to Conformity Colleges”
During the last dozen years or so, one of the more common higher-education stories has been a college or university rushing to judgment against a male student or faculty member … Continue reading ““Kangaroo Courts” Aren’t Dead at UNC”