June 29, 2011
In this week’s Pope Center Clarion Call, I take issue with the piece Kevin Carey had published in The New Republic several weeks ago. In essence, Carey’s argument is that college will......
June 29, 2011
Peter Wood concludes his three-part critique of the sustainability movement as a cultural phenomenon.
June 28, 2011
There are many more flaws in his article. Here’s another that really bothered me. One of the glaring weaknesses in the “College is good for everyone!” case is the mounting eviden......
June 28, 2011
So argues Professor Herbert London in this Minding the Campus essay. Starting from the earliest years, teachers (later professors) often pass along students who haven’t learned much just......
June 28, 2011
I suspect that there will be quite a few posts regarding David Leonhardt’s NYT hit piece on those of us who argue that we have oversold college and ought to stop promoting the notion that it&r......
June 28, 2011
My friend Arnold Kling takes issue with several points in Leonhardt’s piece, especially his supposition that when people with college degrees who do work that doesn’t call for academic t......
June 28, 2011
Testimony of CAS Chairman Charles Geshekter testimony before the California Senate education against SB 185, April 27, 2011.
June 28, 2011
Ed Whelan joins Andy Nash for a conversation on “judicial conservatism” and the state of law school education, civics, and the relationship between the law, Western Civilization, and the......
June 27, 2011
First Things editor R.R. Reno takes a look at the ongoing discussion about the connection between ever-increasing costs at academic institutions and the large number of faculty members who do little......
June 27, 2011
In the second of three installments, Peter Wood examines the impact of the sustainability movement on free inquiry and the the unfortunate experience of one scientist who dissented from the views of......
May 20, 2025
The anecdotal evidence is starting to pile up while academia’s thesis that white men are source of evil continues to crumble....
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Columbia's descent into chaos is by its own hand. Actions to right the university must be swift and tough....
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Are American colleges and universities finally getting their comeuppance?...
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The anecdotal evidence is starting to pile up while academia’s thesis that white men are source of evil continues to crumble....
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A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
April 30, 2025
We celebrate and remember the life of David Horowitz, a champion of intellectual freedom and truth-telling during a long era of lies, collective self-deception, and institutional malfea......
