December 5, 2011

New Diversity Guidelines, Same Old Problems

Glenn Ricketts

Over at NRO, Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity has this useful discussion of the Obama adminitration's new "guidance" for colleges and universities seeking to enhance racial "diver......

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December 5, 2011

I Don't Usually Recommend Rap Videos....

George Leef

But here's a very pointed one about the student debt bubble, with many sad college grads appealing to Barack to save them.

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December 2, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student press regulars take a look at free speech on campus, the American pre-occupation with sex scandals, bad behavior at concerts and the price of disbelief in evolution.

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December 2, 2011

Continuing the Debate Over Admissions Preferences

George Leef

In today's Pope Center piece, Notre Dame philosophy professor James Sterba gives his counter-arguments to the case I made against enshrining "socio-economic diversity" as another goal for elite......

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December 1, 2011

Civic Virtue and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William Young examines the tradition of civic virtue in the Western tradition, and ponders the consequences of its decline.

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December 1, 2011

Fred Reed Pokes Fun at Our Diversity Mania, Particularly in Higher Ed

George Leef

Fred Reed has written a delicious little satire on America's mania for diversity and imagines the effects of the "Look Like America Bill" on college classes, symphony orchestras, and other insti......

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November 30, 2011

5th Avenue Percussions

Peter Wood

Peter Wood contrasts discontented Occupiers with another discontented group.

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November 30, 2011

Caveat Emptor

Glenn Ricketts

That's the gist of this piece in yesterday's Washington Post, at any rate. The writer argues, as others have done recently, that if you're in higher education for the money, watch out. I......

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November 30, 2011

UNC Hosts Stage Adaptation of Common Book Assignment 'Eating Animals'

Ashley Thorne

This fall the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted several events related to its common reading assignment, Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. 

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November 30, 2011

We're Overdoing It on Faculty Research

George Leef

So argues English professor Mark Bauerlein in a new study published by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. In today’s Pope Center Clarion Call, I comment on the study.......

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July 30, 2024

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Don’t Cry for Them, Academia

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Professor Alleges "Widespread" Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington

Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...

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Remembering Warren Winiarski

Peter Wood writes on the passing of Warren Winiarski, a long-time supporter and friend of the National Association of Scholars, who sought to cultivate civilization and the liberal arts......

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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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Professor Alleges "Widespread" Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington

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DEI vs. Academic Integrity at University of Washington

FOIA requests found evidence of racial discrimination at the University of Washington. A professor now accuses the University of a cover-up. A leading scholar of "whiteness" is accus......