Michael Platt

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July 22, 2022

What, After Speech Is Free, Shall We Say?

Michael Platt

The over-specialization of academic disciplines, the decline of core curricula, deference to student sentiment, administrative overreach, and restrictions on speech have erased the university’s......

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July 2, 2020

Truth in American Academe

Michael Platt

Where in the world did the idea that students are qualified to evaluate their teachers, and that this would be good for their education, come from?

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