October 31, 2011

Good News! Drinking, Hooking Up, Still Thriving at Catholic U.

Glenn Ricketts

At least, that's the tone of this article that's in today's IHE. Although the author of the piece, Elizabeth Murphy, notes that opinion on CUA's campus is split 50/50 on the issue, s......

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October 31, 2011

Where is the Threat to "Academic Freedom"?

George Leef

My first response to the sleazy New Yorker hit piece by Jane Mayer on Art Pope (and spilling over onto the Pope Center) drew a reply from John Wilson on the AAUP’s blog. In today’s Pope......

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October 31, 2011

Lessons from Our Upgrade to a Non-Tenure University

Douglas Campbell

Two professors contrast employment with a tenure system to employment without it.

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October 28, 2011

Still More: A Student Affairs Administrator Disputes "Victim-Friendly" Policy

Ashley Thorne

This open letter at Inside Higher Ed by an anonymous student affairs administrator is the most powerful piece of evidence I've seen so far showing why the mandates in the Office of Civil Rights&......

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October 28, 2011

More on Sen. Leahy's VAWA Amendment

Glenn Ricketts

Vermont Sen. Pat Leahy's proposed codification of OCR's outrageous new "guidelines" for college sexual harassment case procedures has been getting some close public scrutiny and deservedly s......

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October 28, 2011

If the Diversicrats Took Their Own Theory Seriously....

George Leef

It seems that quite a few of them ought to resign so that their positions could be filled by others who better "mirror the diversity of society." At least that's the implication of this recent D......

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October 28, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student reporters and op-ed writers have a look at President Obama's proposals for easing student loan repayments, why it's dangerous to sneer at your political opponents, a historical figur......

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October 27, 2011

Strong Dissent on Obama's New Student Loan Policy

George Leef

Andrew Gillen of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity registers strong dissent on Obama's new student loan policy in this essay on Minding the Campus. Just like Obama's move......

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October 27, 2011

Identity Group Factions and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William Young concludes a two-part examination of factions with a discussion of contemporary identity-group politics.

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October 27, 2011

The Chilly World of Campus Males

Warren Farrell

Warren Farrell describes the very hostile campus environment many college men encounter on arrival as freshmen. It doesn't abate, either.

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