The Very Rich Hours
Jan 10, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood searches for the uncommon good in fundraising for nonprofits.
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Academic Liberal Bias: Not All Bad?
Nov 09, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
If you're sure of your traditionalist convictions, you've got to read a lot more carefully and thoroughly, and you'll have them subject to far greater intellectual challenge than your liberal classmates will ever encounter.
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Politically Correct Solutions Won’t Solve the Political Correctness Problem
Nov 09, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
In the quest for preserving intellectual diversity the method counts as much as the message. Ashley Thorne responds to Ted Gup's proposed means to protect conservative thought on liberal campuses.
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Where is the Threat to “Academic Freedom”?
Oct 31, 2011 by George Leef |
My first response to the sleazy New Yorker hit piece by Jane Mayer on Art Pope (and spilling over onto the Pope Center) drew a reply from John Wilson on the AAUP’s blog. In today’s Pope Center piece, … Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Daphne Patai on the Uniformity of Academic Thought
Oct 20, 2011 by George Leef |
Professor Daphne Patai of UMass-Amherst writes about the uniformity of thought she encounters among her fellow academics, which of course ranges from Marxist to "progressive."
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Bowdoin Orient Highlights NAS Study
Oct 14, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
The student newspaper draws attention to a newly opened project, "What Does Bowdoin Teach?"
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What Does Bowdoin Teach?
Sep 30, 2011 by Peter Wood |
The National Association of Scholars announces the beginning of a new project examining the curriculum, student activities, and campus values of Bowdoin College as a case study to learn what a contemporary liberal arts college… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Academe’s House Divided
Sep 23, 2011 by Daniel B. Klein |
Daniel B. Klein reviews The Still Divided Academy, the final work of NAS and AQ editorial advisory board member Stanley Rothman, which was completed after his death by April Kelly-Woessner and Matthew Woessner. This review… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Video: The Politically Correct University
Sep 20, 2011 by Andy Nash |
Richard Redding joins Andy Nash for a discussion of the ideological imbalance among university faculty members.
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Multiculturalism and Western Civilization
Aug 25, 2011 by William H. Young |
Multiculturalism and its accompanying ideal of tolerance have debased standards of knowledge and excellence and led American education down a path of mediocrity, writes William H. Young.
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Post Partisan University?
Aug 05, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Check out this piece at IHE today, where the author discusses the lopsided ideological imbalance that currently rules the American academy and the fact that so many in the professoriate are oblivious to it.
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Cool Heads, Warm Hearts: Religious Media Leaders Discuss Environmental Economics
Jul 28, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
A recent conference in Bozeman, Montana considered how to "protect both individual free will and good stewardship of Creation."
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Yale to Reinstate Study of Antisemitism
Jun 21, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Recently, my colleague Ashley Thorne reported here on Yale University's abrupt decision to terminate a program devoted to the study of antisemitism. The program was the only one of its kind in the United States and seemed to… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
A “Gentlemen’s Agreement” at Yale?
Jun 08, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Questions arise about Yale's decision to close an interdisciplinary program on anti-Semitism.
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Davidson Professor Apologizes for Angry Letter about Student Writer
May 09, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
A faculty response and apology appear in the student newspaper after a professor censured a senior for writing an opinion article questioning President Obama's leadership.
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