Academic Questions

Feminism

September 30, 2020

Identity Politics and the New Culture Wars: Causes and Effects

Matthew Stewart

Two recent books using different methods attempt to address the question most asked by those flummoxed at the illiberal takeover of intellectual life: how did this happen?

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November 22, 2018

The True Author of Frankenstein

John Lauritsen

What does it take to challenge literary orthodoxy? 

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October 4, 2018

Measuring Sexual Assault on Campus: The Clery Report Challenge

Dan Subotnik

A careful dissection of the most widely used surveys on campus sexual assaults indicates that the problem might be something less than the scourge it is often portrayed as.

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November 30, 2016

The Strange Career of Title IX

Robert Carle

In the Winter 2016 edition of Academic Questions (vol. 29, no. 4), Robert Carle discusses Title IX and its influence on higher education.

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December 10, 2014

Women in Philosophy: Problems with the Discrimination Hypothesis

Neven Sesardic and Rafael De Clercq

The authors encourage readers to resist the call to accept the discrimination hypothesis without evaluating all of the evidence.

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