November 4, 2009
MTC: Dumbing Down Foreign Language Instruction
Charlotte Allen
A recent report from Britain concludes that U.K. universities are "dumbing down" their requirements for majoring in foreign language in order to attract more undergraduate students. "The most widely-r......
October 13, 2009
Article: Academics are Influential
Jay Bergman
Those of us who have criticized the worst excrescences of political correctness in academia, such as the cult of cosmetic diversity that is oblivious to the benefits of intellectual diversity, have......
October 13, 2009
MTC: The Problem With Student Engagement
Donald A. Downs
"Student engagement" is a movement and a cause that has made steady progress on our campuses. According to Inside Higher Education, it has reached a "critical mass" of participants, though many in the......
September 18, 2009
MTC: Massad Got Tenure (Don't Tell Anyone)
Judith Miller
Fourteen Columbia professors are protesting the university's apparent decision to award tenure to Joseph A. Massad, a controversial anti-Israel professor of Arab studies. The professors are from the......
June 25, 2008
MTC: Moderating The AAUP And MLA?
Anthony Paletta
At its annual meeting, the American Association of University Professors declined to vote to criticize Israel, yet voted to condemn Iran. In December, the MLA rejected a statement defending critics of......
March 28, 2008
Article: Fortunes from Foreigners
We encourage you to send us information you deem relevant, concerning full disclosure of large foreign gifts. We invite you to be attentive to this matter at both your current universities of contac......
March 24, 2008
Academic Questions: Breaching the Walls of Academe: The Purposes, Problems, and Prospects of Military History
John A. Lynn II
Military history as a subject generally summons us to imagine lessons "learned from the past," phrased in abstract universals; or the entertainment value of the History Channel ("the male......
February 22, 2008
MTC: No America, Please, We're Global
John Leo
What is Global Studies? Nobody seems to have a very clear idea, according to an article on the web site Inside Higher Ed by reporter Elizabeth Redden. Her account of a Washington D.C. academic gatheri......
February 21, 2008
MTC: Academic Gibberish And The Hermeneutics Of Mistrust
Patrick Deneen
Overwhelming evidence attests to the liberal tilt on our college campuses. Studies show that the faculty at most mainstream institutions are overwhelmingly registered with the Democratic party and giv......