“Atlantic Empiricisms” was the name of a panel discussion at the 2015 Modern Language Association convention in Vancouver, Canada, and it was as bare as the title suggested. Britt Rusert, who teaches English at the…
Search Result
Groups to Congress: No Taxpayer Funds for Biased, Politicized Middle East Studies
This morning several national organizations, including the Louis D. Brandeis Center, are issuing the following statement on reform of Middle East Studies programs, many of which have become highly politicized sources of anti-Israel propaganda: …
Sillier Than Women’s Studies
For decades we have devoted ample space to the deconstruction of women’s studies only to find that there is something even more inane being taught on American campuses—men’s studies. This year, the American Men’s Studies…
Stimulus Money for Racial Studies
An important revelation from author Edward Klein is the name of the Obama ally who allegedly offered a $150,000 bribe to Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright to be quiet until after the 2008 election. Klein named him as Dr. Eric Whitaker, executive vice president and associate dean at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Castro’s Useful American Students
For years we have reported on professors who brag that they have done something worthwhile by taking their students to Cuba.
Arizona Ethnic Studies Revisited
Teachers are suing the state of Arizona to reinstate a controversial ethnic studies curricula that the state assembly cut off funding for earlier this year.
Arizona Ethnic Studies Exposed
The Arizona citizens upset about this kind of material said that they initiated an investigation into the problem back in 2007 and found it difficult to get access to the books.
Male Studies Vs. Men’s Studies
After more than 40 years of male-bashing by feminists from Betty Friedan to Gloria Allred, is there anything left to say on the subject? For some scholars, the answer is absolutely “yes.”
Fat Studies On Display
Political correctness has run amok in the ivory tower. If some academics have their way, college students soon will be forced to vet themselves not only for subconscious racist, sexist and classist thoughts, but fatist ones as well.
Reading Between the Studies
David Kipen, representing the National Endowment for the Arts, travelled to this year’s Modern Language Association Convention to promote The Big Read, a NEA program which combats declining reading habits by enlisting members of the community to read a piece of literature simultaneously