May 20, 2015

The Future of College

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reviews Kevin Carey's The End of College and concludes that it is the best argument that the future of college is online.

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May 20, 2015

The Paradox of Multiculturalism: Part II

Joshua Daniel Phillips

Censorship always harms rigorous debate. Let unpopular ideas stand or fall on their own merits.

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May 19, 2015

The Ivies: New Quotas?

John Rosenberg

Affirmative action has led to the underrepresentation of Asians and native-born whites.

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May 18, 2015

Environmentalists vs. Babies

National Association of Scholars

Ashley Thorne wrote for World Magazine on environmentalism's anti-reproductive attitude.

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May 15, 2015

Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

Peter Wood

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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May 15, 2015

The Court Should Finish What It Started in the Fisher Case

Roger Clegg

Roger Clegg argues that the Supreme Court should again review the Fisher v. University of Texas case.

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May 14, 2015

Academic Social Science and Postmodernism

William H. Young

William Young examines the influence of postmodernism on the social sciences.

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May 11, 2015

Brainwashed at Bowdoin: Anti-Israeli Boycotters Miss a Teachable Moment

William A. Jacobson

Bowdoin's boycott of Israel failed, but anti-Israel protesters count it as a win.

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May 11, 2015

A Setback for BDS

Peter Wood

Students at Bowdoin College show concern for academic freedom by voting against an anti-Israel BDS movement.

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May 8, 2015

Historians in the Public Square

John Rosenberg

We need an accurate understanding of the Reconstruction in order to properly understand discrimination.

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Ask a Scholar: What Does YHWH Elohim Mean?

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