A Famous University Where the Faculty is Split Between Adults and Spoiled Children
Feb 01, 2012 by George Leef |
Economic professor William Anderson is writing about Duke, but his observation applies to most universities — some professors take scholarly work seriously and… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Diversity Will Cure Our Ills!
Jan 24, 2012 by George Leef |
To professors who dont' embrace diversity fervently enough.
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Lessons from Our Upgrade to a Non-Tenure University
Oct 31, 2011 by Douglas Campbell, James E. Fletcher |
Two professors contrast employment with a tenure system to employment without it.
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Professorial Bias: In the Classroom or in Your Head?
Jun 20, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
A recent survey suggests that professorial ideological bias may sometimes be a function of student resistence to changing their ideas. Could be, but there's still much MUCH more to the issue.
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Unnatural Selection
Mar 29, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood comments on a new study claiming that self-selection by liberal students explains the leftward tilt of academe.
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William Cronon’s Partisan Bloviation
Mar 28, 2011 by Mitchell Langbert |
The University of Wisconsin's Professor William Cronon has involved himself in a partisan Wisconsin battle concerning public employees' bargaining. In his blog he bloviates against the Republican Party's open records… Continue Reading | 14 Comments >
Why Are Most College Professors Liberal? New Studies Investigate
Mar 23, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
This week Neil Gross and his colleagues released two new studies analyzing clues as to why the majority of professors are politically liberal. They focus on graduate school. What sort of person goes to graduate school? Does a certain… Continue Reading | 4 Comments >
The Coarsening
Mar 10, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood comments on the combination of low taste and high privilege that are increasingly characteristic of American faculty members.
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Faculty Unionization: Pro and Con
Mar 09, 2011 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, we feature two sharply differing views on the hotly debated topic of faculty unionization. Arguing in favor is the AAUP's Cary Nelson. Arguing against is Professor Charles Baird,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Unionizing Higher Ed
Mar 03, 2011 by Brian T. Johnson |
Naomi Schaefer Riley writes in USA Today about the ongoing unionization of public higher education. The sprawling labor force of an ever-expanding academy has become a fertile recruiting ground for the labor movement. The results… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
At Social Psychology Conference, Lack of Conservatives Acknowledged
Feb 09, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
John Tierney's article in Sunday's New York Times describes the most-talked about speech from the recent annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Jonathan Haidt gave a… Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
Duke Gang of 88 Member to NEH
Jan 14, 2011 by George Leef |
A Pope Center piece tells of President Obama's appointing Duke professor Cathy Davidson, a "Gang of 88" member who was champing at the bit to have the accused lacrosse players punished for a crime that didn't happen, to… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
MLA Lingo Bingo
Jan 13, 2011 by David Clemens |
I tried, but it is nearly impossible to parody the Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention’s yearly orgy of political correctness, anti-capitalism, and Theory, just concluded in Los Angeles.
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Political Correctness Being Replaced by Vapid “Scholasticism”
Jan 13, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
In an article on Minding the Campus, Mary Grabar cites a recent article from NAS's journal Academic Questions, "The Other Danger...Scholasticism in Academic Research."
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Faculty Productivity
Jan 07, 2011 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Duke Cheston writes about his findings regarding the UNC political science department. Have tenured faculty engaged in some successful "rent seeking" to reduce the amount of teaching time they… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
