In a recent article on Johns Hopkins University, I reported on a “time-honored tradition” that wasn’t, namely that when VIPs visit the School of Advanced International Studies, students would shortsheet the beds in the dignitaries’ hotel rooms.
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Public School Prodigals
From the New York Times, we get a couple of more reasons why home schooling is growing in popularity, although the editors there doubtless do not look at it that way.
Catholic Gender Bending
Maybe Hollywood just isn’t making films like The Bells of St. Mary’s anymore but a documentary about transgendered students seems an odd choice for a campus diversion at a Catholic college even if one of the film’s subjects is a regular communicant somewhere else.
Catholic Tradition Revision
When he alit for academia, Friar Kyle Haden landed on my beat and gave me a chance to put memories of his homilies on record so that others could see what they are in for.
Free Speech Stifled at Columbia
The experience of the Minutemen who tried to speak at Columbia was reminiscent of Accuracy in Academia’s adventures when AIA tried to hold a conference there in the 90s.
DePaul Professor Defames Catholic Education
The president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights upbraids a Depaul University professor for his attacks upon Alan Dershowitz.
Diversity Questions
Will a diverse college campus – where “diverse” means that there is at least a “critical mass” of students and faculty members who are regarded as being members of certain “underrepresented” groups – lead to better results than if the school did not make any effort at being “diverse?”
Do you hear that?
The appointment of Jane K. Fernandes as President of Gallaudet University has students and faculty frenzied.
No College Left Behind?
The plan that U. S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling’s commission on higher education has concocted to transform the Ivory Tower looks a lot like No Child Left Behind—three parts funding, one part accountability. Nonetheless, as with NCLB and primary grades, the portion of the scheme that has the faculty lounge most apprehensive is the transparency section.
Inconvenient Truths about Global Warming
As the film Inconvenient Truth makes its way around college campuses, our president took in a preview of the movie and gave a review in real time.
Recent Articles
Late Night Jokes Pokes Fun at Graduating from College
The latest from Seth Meyers and James Corden: Late Night With Seth Meyers A 94-year-old man is graduating from West Virginia University after studying at the school on and off for 75 years — though…
Pro-Life Students Rally in Hawaii against Abortion Research
Good for them. Killing babies in the name of academic research is just wrong.
55% of Americans say College Degree is Worth It, Down from 69% in 2009
More and more, Americans are doubting the value of getting a four-year college degree.
Anti-Semitism on Campus 2015
It’s sad that we have to do an annual recap on this topic. It’s even sadder that we could do more frequent updates. The Amcha Intiative at the University of California, led by the estimable…
Intolerance: Utah Professors Attacked for Signing onto Traditional Marriage Amicus Brief
So much for tolerating opposing viewpoints. Vocal “gay rights” activists blasted two Utah State professors and the president of Utah Valley University for their religious views on traditional marriage.
David Petraeus said Boycott Israel Movement (BDS) a Strategic Threat to Israel
Petraeus’ issues aside, he may be right about how the BDS movement and how it threatens Israel’s security. The BDS movement, which pushes for boycotting Israeli assets from American universities, is very anti-Israel and possibly…
The Courts’ Redefining Marriage Movement
At the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., William Duncan, the executive director of Marriage and Family Law Research Grant at BYU, tracked marriage language over the past fifty years in several U.S. Supreme Court…
Michelle Malkin: Obama’s Hoax-Spreading Bitter Half
Michelle Malkin with a great column yet again, this time on Michelle Obama’s constant whining about social justice and other matters similar to it.
Boston University Professor Offers Non-Apology for Racist Tweets
Sociology professor Saida Grundy disparaged whites via Twitter, and they’re not appropriate at all for a professor who teaches young Americans. She said she’s sorry, but not really sorry after the university condemned her tweets. Not good…
Texas College Administrator says Too Little Investment in College
At the South by Southwest education conference in Austin, Texas recently, on a panel entitled “What’s Next for Access and Affirmative Action?” administrators such as Anne-Marie Nunez from the University of Texas (UT) system revealed…
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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