March 8, 2011
Mark Bauerlein talks about the anti-intellectualism of new media on this week's Inside Academia.
March 8, 2011
Peter Wood weighs higher education’s contribution to a culture that celebrates ostentatious vulgarity over the pursuit of civilized qualities.
March 7, 2011
I don't know if the allegations in this piece are true, but if they are, it's a stunning example of the viciousness of the left toward those who challenge their favored politicians. A profes......
March 7, 2011
In today's Pope Center piece, Tulane University sociology professor Carl Bankston writes about the important new book Academically Adrift in light of his own experiences with college students. Do......
March 4, 2011
Top ten books about higher education, that is. In today's Pope Center piece, I give my picks for the books people should read if they want to understand American higher education, and invite rea......
March 4, 2011
Where do states set the bar for teaching American history in K-12? Is the curriculum accurate, chronological, and clear? The Fordham Institute reports.
March 4, 2011
The progress of ideas was vindicated in a decision in favor of an academic journal editor who published a book review that the book's author found unflattering.
March 4, 2011
This week's student columnists complain about meatless Mondays and consider the limits of First Amendment freedoms and innovative pedagogy in Human Sexuality courses.
March 3, 2011
University of Wisconsin professor Donald Downs (author of the excellent book Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus) has an essay on Minding the Campus in which he discusses the battle taking p......
March 3, 2011
Peter Wood has an interesting couple of articles on the Chronicle's Innovations blog this week. He compares Lily Bart, a fictional character in the 1905 novel The House of Mirth with Lady Gaga and......
October 29, 2024
Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....
November 19, 2024
NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....
November 20, 2024
With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....
May 15, 2015
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....
October 12, 2010
What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...
May 26, 2010
A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....
