March 4, 2009
In the third of this four-part series, Tom Wood looks at the "Copernican revolution in the brain sciences."
March 3, 2009
Steve Balch calls for public vigilence against abuses of academic freedom. Here are his remarks on accepting the Jeane Jordon Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award from the American Conservative Union Fo......
March 3, 2009
In the second of this four-part series, Tom Wood compares two key exams, NAEP and CLA. Both show that education improves intelligence.
March 2, 2009
Formal education actually improves intelligence, and we have the data to prove it. Should anyone be surprised?
February 26, 2009
A participant in the University of Delaware's now infamous indoctrination program recollects some not-so-fond memories.
February 25, 2009
In the real world, environmental alarmism is on the downturn. In the universities, it's just gaining momentum.
February 25, 2009
Continuing discussion prompted by an NAS article on social justice and education.
February 25, 2009
Creeping public controversy about the role of zombies in our society prompts us to consider their place in higher education.
May 7, 2024
The mobs desecrating the American flag, smashing windows, chanting genocidal slogans—this always was the end game of the advocates of the right to protest, action civics, student activ......
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....
April 20, 2024
By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently....
June 5, 2024
Ohio Northern University gnaws its teeth with an appetite for vindictive lawfare....
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?...
