Peter Bonilla tells the heartening story of two recent court cases that resulted in legal victories for the protection of free speech rights. In one case a federal court addressing a public university and in another, a state's highest court addressing a private university upheld free speech protections for faculty members sanctioned for expressing views their administrations disliked.
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made restoring campus due process and the presumption of innocence in sexual harassment cases a top priority. DeVos has proposed regulations that use language closely tied to that of the federal courts. In the meantime, a wave of lawsuits against colleges and universities by accused students has revealed a desire on the part of the courts to correct a badly flawed system.
December 27, 2021
Those in our universities who want to level our corrupt meritocracy should be first to hand over their meritoriously padded fiefdoms....
December 27, 2021
Adam Ellwanger believes that the left conquered K-12 education by focusing on teaching technique and style, while traditionalists obsessed over curriculum content....
August 23, 2021
English philosopher Roger Scruton believed the traditions, rituals, and institutions bequeathed to us by our ancestors were the keys to human well-being....
May 30, 2018
From the summer issue of Academic Questions, we reprint the controversial article, "The Case for Colonialism." ...
July 2, 2020
The idea that there are more than two sexes in human beings is a rejection of everything biological science has taught us. Unbelievably, this idea is coming directly from within the highest......
December 27, 2021
Adam Ellwanger believes that the left conquered K-12 education by focusing on teaching technique and style, while traditionalists obsessed over curriculum content....
