September 27, 2010
MTC: The Attack on Legacies
Stefan Kanfer
In every Marx Bros. movie, there occurs a moment when Harpo works himself up to a frenzy, hyperventilating, jumping up and down and crossing his eyes. These interludes never fail to beguile the viewer......
September 2, 2010
MTC: The Underperformance Problem
Russell K. Nieli
On average black students do much worse on the SAT and many other standardized tests than whites. While encouraging progress was made in the 1970s and early 1980s in improving black SAT scores and re......
August 16, 2010
Academic Questions: Scoping Out the International Spy Museum
Ronald Radosh
This article by Ronald Radosh and the accompanying response from the International Spy Museum appeared in the fall 2010 issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no. 3).
August 12, 2010
MTC: Is This Book Invisible?
Stefan Kanfer
By Stefan Kanfer In full-page newspaper ads, the Kindle displays the first page of an e-book. Its opening is famous: "I am an invisible man." Or is it famous anymore? How many high school seniors--......
August 18, 2010
MTC: ACTA & Its Critics
KC Johnson
ACTA's new, expanded survey of college general education requirements has earned justified praise. Here's Pulitzer Prize winner Kathleen Parker, from her column this Sunday: "The study and Web site do......
July 22, 2010
MTC: The Short-Selling of For-Profit Education
Charlotte Allen
The letter, dated June 17 and addressed to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, made serious allegations of wrongdoing in the already controversial for-profit education sector: that representatives o......
July 12, 2010
MTC: How Diversity Punishes Asians, Poor Whites and Lots of Others
Russell K. Nieli
When college presidents and academic administrators pay their usual obeisance to "diversity" you know they are talking first and foremost about race. More specifically, they are talking about blacks.......
July 19, 2010
MTC: The Curious Case of Dr. Howell
KC Johnson
By KC Johnson As part of its more general---and oft-expressed---commitment to academic freedom, CUNY's Board of Trustees has a student complaint policy that appropriately balances the faculty's academ......