April 20, 2017

Anti-Trump Education

National Association of Scholars

David Randall describes anti-Trump professors and the vanishing ideal of apolitical teaching.

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April 19, 2017

Why Read Great Books?

David Randall

David Randall discusses the problems with reading Great Books as part of an "education to democracy."

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April 17, 2017

Under the Ivy

Peter Wood

Ivy League universities picked up $41.59 billion in taxpayer-funded payments. How do these universities spend their share of the public purse? 

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April 11, 2017

Fixing our Foundation: Comments on Education Reform

National Association of Scholars

Ginni Thomas interviews NAS President Peter Wood for the Daily Caller, discussing the need for higher education reform and Wood's proposal for a blue-ribbon comission on American ex......

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April 11, 2017

The Case for Income Share Agreements

David Randall

An alternative to student loans, ISAs allow for private investors to pay a student's tuition for returns in future income.

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April 10, 2017

How Canon Change Should Happen

Carol Iannone

Carol Iannone argues for the traditional method of canon formation.

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April 5, 2017

Disinvited, Re-invited, Still Slighted

Rachelle Peterson

Virginia Tech staged a public putdown of Jason Riley's BB&T Distinguished Lecture.

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March 29, 2017

Springfield College Tries to Oust Professor For Teaching 'Men in Literature'

National Association of Scholars

NAS President Peter Wood argues for intellectual freedom's necessity at Springfield College.

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....