A veteran educator takes a look at his profession and finds it wanting in intellectual diversity and rigorous training.
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Constitutional Law, For Liberals Only
Leave it up to the academic left to try and extinguish views that would
challenge their own.
Half Told History
A widely-used history sees America’s past as a class struggle.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do College Rankings Mean Anything?
Merely because a school has a big endowment and can spend lavishly doesn’t guarantee that its students learn more than at a school which has to pinch its pennies.
Academia At War, With America
While undergraduates across the country express interest in signing up for the Reserve Officer Training Corps, these students are
more likely than not unable to find a branch at their own alma mater.
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Bad Day @ Boulder
The Colorado Board of Regents wants to take a poll to find out whether ideology governs hiring practices in the university system and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is clearly not happy about it.
$ame-$ex Marriage Benefits
Does the Supreme Court ruling=more student aid?
America’s Common Core @ Risk
Like top-down efforts to reform education pursued by Republican presidents, the Obama Administration’s Common Core program, in which states exchange essentially national standards for federal aid, is already flailing, if not failing.
Catholic Sociology
When you get outside the Cathedral and even the Theology Department of CUA, you find a curriculum startlingly similar to that of many secular institutions of higher learning.
A Perfectly Natural July 4th
Will you be celebrating Natural Law this July 4th? You should be. Your Founding Fathers did.
Progressivism on Tap
“Is Big Philanthropy Undermining Democracy?” NYU prof asks.
Catholic Anthropology
The theology at the Catholic University of America, the only college in the United States chartered by the Vatican, may be doctrinally sound but its anthropology courses border on the pagan.
Does Disability Insurance=Welfare?
Younger people are staying on federal disability insurance rolls longer than in previous years, leading to bigger government payouts overall.
“Industry of Mediocrity”
A recent study concluded that colleges’ teaching preparation is an “industry of mediocrity.”
Leaning Tower of PISA
A bipartisan research council found that American students are just average.
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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