Mansfield Cites Bowdoin Report
May 20, 2013 by Tessa Carter |
Harvey Mansfield analyzes the implications of What Does Bowdoin Teach? in his article “The Higher Education Scandal.”
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Is Diplomatic History Dying?
May 13, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |
If not dead, it's definitely on life support.
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American History Bill Aims for a More Inclusive Curriculum
Apr 05, 2013 by Thomas K. Lindsay |
Thomas Lindsay offers a defense of the Texas American History Bill.
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Fishy Courses: The Fake Red Snappers of Academe
Feb 27, 2013 by Peter Wood |
A lot of subjects in college catalogs have a fishy odor.
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Unbiasing American History
Feb 13, 2013 by Ashley Thorne |
Ashley Thorne writes a review of Recasting History for First Things.
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“Frankly Dumb” or “Absolutely Correct”? You Decide
Jan 31, 2013 by Crystal Plum |
Read the responses to NAS's "Recasting History" report.
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The Obsession with Social History
Jan 28, 2013 by Richard Pells |
Richard Pells, a historian who taught for 40 years at the University of Texas, says the report's main arguments are largely true.
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Race, Class and Gender, Q&A with Peter Wood
Jan 17, 2013 by The Daily Texan Editorial Board |
The Daily Texan interviews Peter Wood on NAS's recent report, "Recasting History."
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Recasting History: Are Race, Class, and Gender Dominating American History?
Jan 10, 2013 Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood, Richard W. Fonte |
A report on the teaching of U.S. history to undergraduates, focused on the University of Texas and Texas A&M University.
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Colleges Twist U.S. History
Jan 10, 2013 |
PRESS RELEASE: NAS and its Texas affiliate release a report finding that U.S. history courses at American colleges and universities downplay the nation’s economic, military, and political history and dramatically overemphasize… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Florida Introduces Race-Based Education Goals
Oct 17, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Florida's state Board of Education introduces a puzzling new way of setting K-12 education goals.
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Strange (But Not Necessarily Bad) Majors
Sep 26, 2012 by George Leef |
Some of the America's weirdest college majors include theme park engineering, bagpiping, and poultry science.
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Back to School
Aug 22, 2012 by Daniel Asia |
It is back to school time. A first assignment for students used to be, "What did you do during your summer?" One of the things I did was fly to Seattle to deal with an IRS issue (happily resolved, I am glad to report). While… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
CSU Chico Introduces Sustainability Gen Ed Track, Green Courses Include “African…
Jul 26, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
The university has designated over 200 courses as "green courses" and its general education program will now include a “sustainability studies" track. These two curricular developments tell us something about the expansionist… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
A Better Way to Educate Professionals
Jul 03, 2012 by Douglas Campbell, James E. Fletcher |
Suggestions for how the faculty of the traditional liberal arts, the physical sciences and the management and business programs can collaborate to better educate professionals.
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