Bell Epoque
Mar 20, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood evaluates the reactions to the release of a video evincing Barack Obama's friendship with Dr. Derrick Bell, and he considers whether it matters that the U.S. President was influenced by a scholar who championed critical… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Will Harvard Stop Trying to Impose Orthodoxies?
Jan 05, 2012 by Harvey Silverglate |
FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate applauds the Harvard student newspaper for defending free inquiry at the University, where the faculty is increasingly inclined to enact political orthodoxy.
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Harvard Prof Loses Summer Session Courses Because of “Offensive” Op Ed
Dec 09, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
We learn from this IHE piece that Harvard economist Subramanian Swamy was apparently pretty distressed by last summer's hotel bombing in Mumbai, India by Muslim extremists. Swamy gave full vent to his feelings in a… Continue Reading | 4 Comments >
Harvard Crimson Staff Skeptical of Dining Hall Workers’“Sustainability”…
Sep 13, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
The Harvard Crimson recently published an editorial raising an eyebrow at demands by the University's unionized dining hall workers when they asked for longer hours and more “sustainable” food production,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Final Destination for Harvard Finals…No Comment
Jul 16, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Chester Finn (Harvard '65) and Mickey Muldoon (Harvard '07) lament the end of final exams in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Not a Minute to Spare for the Minuteman
Oct 19, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Jim Gilchrist, president of the Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal immigration organization, has been dis-invited from speaking at Harvard in an immigration symposium. The decision not to have him speak, announced with only five… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Harvey for Harvard
Apr 02, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Harvey Silverglate is running for Harvard
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Charles Murray and Progressive Education-Part 3
Mar 11, 2009 by Tom Wood |
In the conclusion of this three-part series, Tom Wood discovers an unexpected affinity beteen Charles Murray and the "progressive" educators.
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The Communitarian ResLife Movement: Part 3
Aug 21, 2008 by Tom Wood |
What can a mission statement tell us about a college's susceptibility to communitarian ideals? Thomas Wood compares the mission statements of Harvard, Berkeley, and U of Delaware.
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Some Social Science that Fails to Score
Jul 28, 2008 by Steve Balch |
NAS president Steve Balch finds that a new study supposedly challenging prevalent assumptions about political correctness isn't all it's hyped up to be.
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Working Out a Deal
Apr 01, 2008 by |
Could Harvard be accommodating Muslim women's request for women-only gym time as an obligation to Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed?
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The Study Abroad Scandal, Round Two Harvard, Yale, Columbia among 25 Universities…
Jan 29, 2008 by |
The fleet of college and university programs that ferry students across the ocean to study abroad has hit stormy weather, at least in the Northeast. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has unleashed a second wave of subpoenas… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Imaginary Moderates: An Academic Report Boomerangs
Oct 01, 2007 by Steve Balch |
"The Social and Political Views of American Professors," a working paper released recently at a Harvard symposium by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons, is being vigorously spun by its authors as a new, sophisticated take on the intellectual… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
