Are We Stuck with the Politically Correct University?
Dec 16, 2009 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I review the new AEI book The Politically Correct University. I recommend the book highly. It provides an excellent analysis of the problem of ideological imbalance and politicization… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
On Advocacy in the Classroom
Dec 11, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
A blog on Inside Higher Ed that I pay attention to, Getting to Green, has an interesting discussion about advocacy intruding on higher education. Note that the Getting to Green blogger writes under a pseudonym… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
What to Do About Centers for Social Justice
Dec 01, 2009 by Peter Wood |
Last week an NAS member, a professor at the University of Southern Indiana we'll call Professor Smith, brought to our attention a new “Center for Social Justice” at the university. He asked for advice on how to… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
They Blinded Us With Science
Nov 24, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
This is a guest article from Alex Berezow, a Ph.D. candidate in microbiology at the University of Washington. The opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the official position of the National Association… Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
Mandatory Re-education for MN Teacher-Candidates?
Nov 24, 2009 by Michael Krauss |
Here's a nice discussion of a proposal from the University of Minnesota's College of Education that aspiring teachers there must repudiate the notion of "the American Dream" in order to obtain the recommendation for licensure… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Dispositions Back in the News
Nov 23, 2009 by King Banaian |
Katherine Kersten brings back an old topic on this blog: dispositions theory in education. There's a new design of teacher education at the University of Minnesota, she says:
The initiative is premised, in… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
NTNU Board Rejects Boycott of Israel
Nov 16, 2009 by Candace de Russy |
The trustees of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), reports the Jerusalem Post, have unanimously voted against severing ties with Israeli universities, and no one rose to argue in favor of the corrosive proposal.… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Ideological Indoctrination in Public School
Nov 04, 2009 by Mitchell Langbert |
During the recent election season I met two Republicans who told me about instances of Ulster County, NY public school teachers' using schools to ideologically brainwash children. In one case a middle-aged man from… Continue Reading | 4 Comments >
Berkeley and Barriers
Nov 02, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
A reader commenting on my post "Teaching Can Be Dangerous" wrote:
Speaking of politicization, I have a friend who is applying to a PhD program at Berkeley. He sent me the “personal history statement”… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
“An Unsuccessful Education Can Ruin You”
Oct 30, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
A CUNY graduate professor teaches education ethics; his students discuss the meaning of academic freedom and the question of university neutrality. Now if only all faculty members and administrators took this course...
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Reader Mail Re: Transformative Education
Oct 26, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
A reader from Australia commented on Tom Wood's article "The Marriage of Affirmative Action and Transformative Education":
This year, I was in a compulsory BA class that used transformative education. Without… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Happy Campus Sustainability Day
Oct 21, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
With its Second Nature roots, global warming alarmist moderator, and exuberant intentions to “celebrate sustainability in higher education,” Campus Sustainability Day promises to deliver the usual political agenda of… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Found: A Fellow Sustainability-Challenger
Oct 15, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS has published an interview with Holly Swanson, the founder and director of an Oregon-based group called Operation Green Out! (the exclamation point is part of its name!). We first learned of Operation Green Out! while… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Leach’s Big Reach
Oct 14, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Jim Leach, the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, wants to correct Americans' "disrespectful" attitude towards Muslim culture by giving the NEH a new theme: "Bridging Cultures." He is also annoyed at… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Divestiture Strains Legality
Oct 13, 2009 by Mitchell Langbert |
Emeritus Kings Borough Community College professor Sharad Karkhanis just sent me an e-mail concerning an effort to encourage TIAA-CREF to divest from Israel. Kakhanis's e-mail links to the website of a group called Scholars… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
