A veteran educator takes a look at his profession and finds it wanting in intellectual diversity and rigorous training.
Monthly Archives For September 2004
Fahrenheit 9-11 Capsized
A West Chester University junior takes issue with his school’s take on 9-11
Constitutional Law, For Liberals Only
Leave it up to the academic left to try and extinguish views that would
challenge their own.
Bias, What Bias?
A veteran newsman now teaching a university course in news media bias does not see a liberal tilt in reporting by networks and print outlets.
Half Told History
A widely-used history sees America’s past as a class struggle.
A For Effort, Not Achievement
When the president of Benedict College (BC) decided to base most of the grades of the school’s freshmen on effort rather than test scores, research in papers and grammar, school officials say he was making official a policy widely in place in Academia.
Notre Dame’s Denial
When federal agents denied a controversial Mid East scholar a work visa, the school that wanted to hire him also went into denial.
College Rankings (Over)Rated
If you are trying to decide which university to attend, you might want to think twice about heavily basing your decision on the U.S. News and World Report’s infamous college rankings.
Extremely P. C. Makeover at W&L
While Americans continue to move south of the Mason Dixon line, officials at southern institutions of higher learning try to distance their schools from the region that they are in.