What’s Wrong with English?
Jun 03, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |
Mark Bauerlein thinks there isn't really anything left that resembles an academic discipline. No wonder there are fewer majors.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
How to Manage Race Relations and Succeed
May 17, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |
Is there an alternative to affirmative action? Jonathan Bean thinks so.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Ask a Scholar - US v Cruikshank
Mar 28, 2013 by Robert Heidt |
Did a Reconstruction-era Supreme Court decision restrict legal remedies for African Americans?
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Why “Comprehensive” History is Controversial
Mar 19, 2013 by Ashley Thorne |
Two new bills that would require general education requirements for U.S. history to be met by courses providing "a comprehensive survey" are seen as a threat by proponents of Mexican American studies.
Continue Reading | 6 Comments >
Playing Games with Racism at Oberlin
Mar 08, 2013 by Peter Wood |
After a girl wrapped in a blanket on the Oberlin College campus was mistakenly perceived as wearing a KKK hood, the college cancelled classes and went into hysteria over "hate."
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Taking Back the University: Better to be Feared Than Loved
Mar 08, 2013 by Robert Weissberg |
Weissberg explains how the political correctness gang is responsible for the attack on Emory University President.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Emory University’s Outcry Against Its President
Feb 28, 2013 by George W. Dent |
Emory University President John Wagner has been vilified by faculty and students for praising the three-fifths compromise in the original Constitution.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
“Fixing” UNC’s African American Studies Department
Jan 23, 2013 by George Leef |
Jay Schalin writes for the Pope Center on UNC's new hire.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Don’t Know Much About History: Colleges Teach History with Politics Left Out
Jan 18, 2013 by Jonathan Bean |
Jonathan Bean responds to NAS's recent report on Two Texas Universities' U.S. History Courses. He's not optimistic about history education.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
In History—the Obsession with Race, Class and Gender
Oct 03, 2012 by KC Johnson |
The University of Michigan is an extreme example of the tendancy of college history departments to focus almost exclusively on race, class, and gender.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Counting Jews: CUNY Diversity Report Includes “White/Jewish” Label
Jun 12, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood criticizes CUNY’s use of “White/Jewish” as a separate minority group for diversity planning.
Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
CUNY Adds Category “White/Jewish” to Diversity Action Plan
Jun 05, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Our New York affiliate weighs in on a controversy of racial and religious labels at the City University of New York.
Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Riley’s Arrow
May 15, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Naomi Riley's opinion about the value of Black Studies aroused fury because it fell within the category of unspeakable observations in higher education, writes Peter Wood.
Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
Bell Epoque
Mar 20, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood evaluates the reactions to the release of a video evincing Barack Obama's friendship with Dr. Derrick Bell, and he considers whether it matters that the U.S. President was influenced by a scholar who championed critical… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
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 >
