Naomi and Me
Aug 20, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood responds to Naomi Schaefer Riley's article in the New York Post which suggests that Dr. Wood has been silenced for dissenting from politically correct orthodoxy.
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Galloping to Insolvency
Aug 17, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews a recent report that found that a third of American colleges and universities have unhealthy financial outlooks.
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Aiming at the Suburbs and Hitting Higher Ed
Aug 14, 2012 by Peter Wood |
A new book describes Obama's anti-suburbs regulations. Peter Wood considers how these regulations may accelerate the bursting of the higher education bubble.
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Too Many College Students? Yes, Unfortunately
Aug 08, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood debates Macalester College president Brian Rosenberg on whether the U.S. should pursue the goal of further increases in college enrollments.
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Green Acres
Aug 07, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Colleges and universities tend to spend lavishly on diversity and sustainability initiatives, but is this really the best use of their (and taxpayers') money?
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Helium, Part 2
Jul 30, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood considers how the higher-education bubble could pop.
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Bubble Update: More Helium, Part 1
Jul 27, 2012 by Peter Wood |
The bubble in American higher education is inflating rapidly. Ironically this is happening just at the moment when large numbers of Americans are noticing that there is indeed a higher-ed bubble—that… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
The Regnerus Affair at UT Austin
Jul 24, 2012 by Peter Wood |
A scholar whose research identified disadvantages for children of same-sex marriage faces opposition by those who dislike his findings.
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A Culture of Evasion
Jul 23, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Campus sexual-harassment codes grow ever more draconian even as what passes for acceptable behavior behind the scenes grows worse and worse.
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Unfashionable Ideas
Jul 20, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the National Association of Scholars’ changing approach to reforming higher education.
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What Were They Thinking?
Jul 13, 2012 by Peter Wood |
The platform committee of the Texas Republican Party backs away from its support of "critical thinking."
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Elegies, Part 2
Jul 06, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Regretting cultural loss is valuable when it shows us the way forward.
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Elegies, Part 1
Jul 05, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Reforming higher education is not just about nostalgia for the past.
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Epic Battles
Jul 02, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood weighs the cost of higher education’s turn away from Western civilization survey courses.
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Leftist Nostalgia for Academic Standards
Jun 19, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood compares the second thoughts of a famous Marxist literary critic and the UCLA faculty’s rejection of a proposed diversity requirement.
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