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October 31, 2023

The Academic Roots of Hamas's Terror

Bruce Gilley

An intellectual history of Hamas from 1988 to the present. How have major ideologies shaped this terrorist organization, and what is its prevalence on campus?

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October 26, 2023

Studies Departments Must Ditch Anti-Semitism

David Randall

Columbia’s illness is far deeper than one intemperate professor. Its institutions and culture should be reformed to root out every administrative tolerance for or complicity in Jew-hatred.

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October 26, 2023

Letter: Comment on Maine Social Studies Standards

Peter Wood and David Randall

The Draft Standards does a great disservice to the citizens, students, and teachers of Maine as it consists largely of education school jargon, heavily inflected by radical polemic.

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October 24, 2023

“I Hope I Get It”

Kali Jerrard

Joining the ranks of higher ed faculty isn’t as simple as being the most qualified.

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October 19, 2023

George Mason: Dodging Diversity Criticism

Teresa R. Manning

By almost every measure, American higher education is about as far from excellence as it could be.

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