March 13, 2024
We strongly endorse Amendment No. 1—as a beginning of a wider campaign to remove identity-group policy, oppressor/oppressed distinctions, and permanent and unjustified assertions of moral debt f......
March 12, 2024
Yale's tepid outreach to rural America fails to compare to its investment in China.
March 9, 2024
Claireve Grandjouan, when I knew her, was Head of the Classics Department at Hunter College, and that year gave a three-hour Friday evening class in Egyptian archaeology.
March 9, 2024
In 1964 we were not yet into the “60’s” as people remember that decade; it was much more like the 50s. At Rutgers back then, life was much as it must have been for several decad......
March 5, 2024
Higher ed’s push to import students poses a substantial risk to national security and the future of academia.
February 27, 2024
Ethnic studies and educational activism are consuming curricula and the classroom.
February 26, 2024
Is DEI still popular? If so, why have DEI-related scholarly works decreased since 2020?
February 24, 2024
"The first disappointment I felt when I entered Yale as a freshman in August 1987 came when I learned who had been assigned as my faculty adviser. Within a minute of meeting Mr. Hoover, however, I......
February 24, 2024
"During my undergraduate years at an elite East Coast women's college from 1960-64, I sorely missed a furry companion to keep me company in my monastic single room. My father ... sug......
February 24, 2024
"By contemporary recommended educational procedures and commonly accepted best practices, Dr. Jensen did it “all wrong.” Yet he became, and remains, my all-time favorite college teache......
January 8, 2025
The National Association of Scholars condemns the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” which the members of the American Historical Association passed by 428 t......
January 27, 2025
New FOIA documents grant a window into how the University of Colorado-Boulder, in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, discriminates on the basis of protected class and upholds a co......
February 13, 2025
With this administration, the grown ups are back: Trump is replacing confusion and chaos with clarity and common sense—not just for women’s sports but also for America....
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....
