A recent article by Elan Journo of the
Ayn Rand
Institute described how
“transformational
education” is now deeply entrenched in America’s curriculum and
teaching practices.
Recent Articles
Alger Hiss, Academic Vampire
The liberal cadres that defended him for decades have thinned since career diplomat Alger Hiss was convicted of perjuring himself against accusations that he spied for the Soviet Union. Virtually alone, many academics remain unconvinced.
Conflict of Interest
The 2007 NEA Convention, held June 30 through July 5 in Philadelphia, PA, highlighted many social and political considerations ranging from gay rights to global warming to amnesty, but opposed school choice or tax credits for home-schooling parents.
Sex-Ed Favors Gays
The University of Utah’s College of Health and Family and Consumer Sciences in the Social and Behavioral Sciences College is offering a new course in the spring titled Human Sexuality to educate students about the emotional, physical and social components of sexuality.
Campus Dhimmis
New evidence has brought greater credibility to the old truism that multicultural tolerance excludes the campus’ greatest religious pariah, the Christian evangelical.
Academic Being and Nothingness
Do American college graduates have a coherent understanding of the world? Very few do. We have our universities to thank.
V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N for the N-E-A
Apparently, taking a vacation four times longer than that which most taxpayers enjoy is a teachers’ professional right.
Tar Heel Schools Tank
Traditional North Carolina public schools will open their doors next week under mounting pressure to perform.
Is Plame to Blame?-correction
In this version, we correct an incorrect spelling in the original, in underline and bold.
Short Telegram with Big Ideas
Authors James Carafano and Paul Rosenzweig argue that America is facing the same enemies as it has in the past, such as Marxism or Fascism; terrorism springs from an ideology of “evil ideas” which will once again bring “hundreds of millions of people under [its] sway, leading. . .millions of victims to misery.”
Recent Articles
Look for the Union Label
As labor union leaders high-five each other this weekend over their ancestors’ creation of the Labor Day holiday more than a century ago, we would do well to remember a bit of their history that…
College ‘Sex Tribunals’ Circumvent America’s Right to Due Process
At least four college disciplinary decisions regarding sexual assault were overturned by judges, ruling that due process was violated.
Kentucky College Historians Upset about a Jefferson Davis Statue
Campus Reform reported: College and university historians in Kentucky say that a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the state’s Capitol rotunda promotes “miseducation,” even after the addition of a plaque explaining the statue’s…
Vanderbilt University has a Building with a Confederate Affiliation and the Community is Outraged
As the College Fix reported, Vanderbilt cannot rename the building unless it pays a hefty sum or demolishes the building altogether.
List of Lawsuits against Colleges for Denying Due Process Related to Sexual Assault
It’s a long list, but it illustrates how there are two sides to every story.
Selfie Class to be Taught at an Indiana University
Sounds like a joke class to me: Eve Bottando’s course “Mass Communications and Culture” at Indiana University Northwest this fall will be all about the “selfie.” “People think selfies aren’t worthy of nuanced conversations, and…
Students Marked Down in Women’s Studies Class if They Use the Word ‘Mankind’
Apparently the word ‘mankind’ is mysogynist and offensive to radical, on-campus feminists.
Are College Professors Becoming their Own Worst Enemy?
The Academe Blog takes a look at how some college professors have created an unsafe environment for themselves on college campuses.
Washington and Lee University Bars Sons of Confederate Veterans from Entering Chapel
Washington and Lee University ends a longtime tradition in the name of political correctness: The Stonewall Brigade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has been denied access to Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University,…
High School Allows Student to Start Pro-Life Club after Lawsuit Filed
The College Fix reported: A Las Vegas teenager will finally be able to start a pro-life club at her high school, following a short legal battle instigated by the Thomas More Society, a religious-liberty law firm….