July 10, 2009

Woven Into the Fabric...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

"Approach sustainability as an issue woven into the fabric of every university, rather than as a passing fad."

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July 9, 2009

1% for Propaganda

Ashley Thorne

College presidents ask the Senate to help support sustainability education.

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July 8, 2009

Chastening Churchill: The Justice of Judge Naves

Peter Wood

Why academic freedom is not a defense for Ward Churchill.

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July 6, 2009

Selling Merit Down the River

Russell K. Nieli

NAS presents a major review essay on the third "River" book supporting racial preferences.

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July 2, 2009

The Race Isn't Over

Ashley Thorne

Complying with federal regulations, Virginia Tech calls on students to identify their race and ethnicity.

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July 2, 2009

Ideas and Idealogues

Peter Wood

The Aspen Ideas Festival confuses social and political activism with scholarship.

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July 1, 2009

Acres of Rhinestones: Temple Betrays Its Heritage

Stephen Zelnick

This article by Stephen Zelnick recounting Temple University's departure from the Great Conversation appeared in the "Case Studies in Academic Malady" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 22, no. 3......

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June 30, 2009

PC Gadflies Chide Their Own

Ashley Thorne

Blogging professors urge fellow academics to update their commitment to identity politics and sustainability.

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June 30, 2009

Educational Jargon Generator...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

Amaze your education colleagues with randomly assembled education phrases such as "Let's mesh mission-critical higher-order thinking!"

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March 24, 2025

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A Reckoning for Higher Education?

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Keeping Watch

Columbia's descent into chaos is by its own hand. Actions to right the university must be swift and tough....

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Exclusive Documents: UC-Boulder Breaks Civil Rights Law to Advance Racial Preferences

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......

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

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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Fighting Harvard and the Other Cultural Warlords

The academic bureaucracies and professoriate are so deeply committed to their radical program of replacing American society with their own vision of a new order that we have no real choice b......

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

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?...