Ze Only Confuses Hir Students: Teaching Gender Neutral Pronouns
May 16, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
If gender is pliable, why not grammar?
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Lacking Critical Scrutiny and Oversight
May 16, 2012 by George Leef |
Black Studies programs have not had critical scrutiny and oversight, but that might change.
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Riley’s Arrow
May 15, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Naomi Riley's opinion about the value of Black Studies aroused fury because it fell within the category of unspeakable observations in higher education, writes Peter Wood.
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Under Eastern Eyes
May 14, 2012 by Steve Balch |
This review of Ibn Warraq's new book Why the West Is Best, which makes a case for the greatness of Western values, appears in the summer 2012 issue of Academic Questions (volume 25, number 2).
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Introduction to ‘Unbought Grace—Reading Elizabeth Fox-Genovese’
May 11, 2012 by Robert L. Paquette |
Scholar Elizabeth Fox-Genovese "believed in truth, that it was accessible by the human mind, and she relentlessly directed her scholarly prowess to distinguish it from cliché and slogan."
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Capitalism and Western Civilization: Democracy
May 10, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses contemporary notions of democracy and social progress.
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FIRE Sends Followup Harassment Inquiry to OCR, NAS Co-signs
May 09, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
We sign on with FIRE' s letter asking OCR to break its silence on new harassment guidelines.
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Higher Education and the Perfect Data Storm
May 09, 2012 by David Clemens |
To understand what's really going on at our colleges and universities, we need to look beyond data, writes David Clemens.
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College Degrees Versus Savoir Faire
May 09, 2012 by George Leef |
College degrees will become less and less important as people turn to other means of showing their abilities.
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How to Be Sarcastic
May 09, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Sarcasm, for all the license it takes, is a form of restraint. Its a way of avoiding the obvious while nonetheless giving it voice.
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For Students: Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars
May 08, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
This summer the Independent Institute is offering San Francisco Bay-area seminars for high school and college students where they can learn from top scholars about individual liberty, personal responsibility, free markets,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Two Kinds of Critical Thinking
May 08, 2012 by AILACT |
A reply by the board of a scholarly organization to Peter Wood’s Comments on “Critical Thinking.”
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Ask a Scholar: Declining the Second Term
May 07, 2012 by Jason Jividen |
Has there ever been a president who did not run for a second term by choice?
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“Teaching as a Subversive Activity”: The Theory of Political Indoctrination
May 04, 2012 by Zombie |
Teachers have a "moral imperative" to shape students' beliefs and make them "agents for change," declared a lanugage professor at a recent Berkeley lecture.
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Ruminations at the end of the semester
May 04, 2012 by Daniel Asia |
I have recently returned from a trip abroad. In receiving my peanuts, pretzels and drink during the flight, I also received two napkins.
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