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Bard Blues
A veteran teacher explains why she thinks that Shakespeare is “the world’s ultimate rapper.”
Education Myths
Why are we now spending over 500 billion dollars on education annually without much to show for it?
Dead Greek Guys
After successfully routing the “Dead White Guys” some of us still refer to as America’s founding fathers from classrooms in the United States, the multiculturalists have a new target—ancient philosophers.
Freshmen Orientation
Going back to school at the end of summer vacation, always a bittersweet experience for college students, now, with politically correct reeducation, can be just bitter.
Constitution Day
In recognition of Constitution Day on September 17, The Rutherford Institute is calling on all Americans to read the document that one historian described as “the owners’ manual to the greatest form of government the world has ever known.”
Government School Segregation
Persistent achievement gaps between white and black students are a cause for great concern, not complacency.
Blue Book Breakdown
If you’re wondering what American students are learning about history these days, it’s worth spending a few minutes reading some entries from Non Campus Mentis.
Public Education Magic
Magic fives and no gold stars for public school children.
Appalachian State’s Convict Criminologist
Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina got more than just Ivory Tower experience when it found a credentialed expert to teach Introduction to Criminal Justice.
Recent Articles
Ignorance of Elite, Liberal Feminists
It is one thing to be ignorant of a law. There are so many out there that none of us can keep track of them all, including the lawyers. It is quite another matter to…
Fisher v. UT-Austin: Discrimination Run Amok?
The issue of affirmative action may soon find itself again before the Supreme Court of the United States. Court watchers will remember that it was just recently (a little more than a year ago) that…
Archie has Two Buddies
What works in a Modern Language Association panel for English professors probably won’t succeed in the free market. In the final coup for the progressive-leaning Archie Comics crew, Archie himself—America’s hero—was shot to death while…
Eric Holder’s Law Enforcement on Steroids
Controversies on American college campuses are becoming almost the norm now. And Eric Holder has inserted himself and the Obama White House right into the center of a debate regarding sexual assault on campus. Sexual…
College Football on Strike
The efforts of Northwestern University’s scholarship football players to unionize could have profound implications for the future of college education. According to the Associated Press, Northwestern University just filed a 60-page brief with the National…
This is a College Course?
Young people who want to spend their college years to undergoing radical intellectual transformations do so typically through the study of liberal arts. No other academic scheme is able to challenge the preconceived notions that…
Conservative University’s “Sex, Lies and Women’s Studies”: Kate Obenshain and Political Activism
In “Sex, Lies and Women’s Studies” course’s final class, author and political commentator, Kate Obenshain, offers an alternative path for conservative women interested in politics by suggesting how to get involved in the process themselves,…
Ball State Bonanza
Bureaucratic ineptitude is nothing new to the American public (as well as the readership of AIA). It becomes almost invariably more difficult for an agency or institution to function smoothly once it reaches a certain…
College Costs Exploding
Any sanguine prognosticators who may have predicted a decline in the average cost of attending college may need to rethink how they arrived at such an off-the mark conclusion. At least 50 American colleges and…
College Indoctrination Hits a Wall
College faculties may be further to the political left than they have ever been but students aren’t necessarily following in the same direction. “In 1971 National Review published the results of a poll of undergraduates…
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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