Teaching Conservatism, Part II
Professor Ehrhardt considers the tactics and strategies that he has found to work in his conservatism classes.
Why Teach a Class on Conservatism?
Students should learn that American conservatism is far more diverse and complex than most people think.
Essential Knowledge
College general education programs should focus on the purposes for which they were intended instead of mocking them.
Teaching the Wrong Lessons
Colleges present themselves as paragons of free speech and “critical thinking” but often suppress non-conformists.
A Clear Choice
North Carolina’s two candidates for governor offer drastically different visions of education policy.
The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Ivory Tower’s resistence to meaningful change is its greatest danger.
The Court Revisits Affirmative Action
In Fisher v. Texas, the Supreme Court can return to the wisdom of Brown—racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.
Education for Liberty
Advocates of limited government can turn pending changes in higher education to their advantage.
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.
Academia: The World’s Leading Social Problem
Can entrepreneurs combat the narrow-minded ideologies on our campuses?