March 29, 2010
MTC: What Future for English Lit?
Mark Bauerlein
Many critical observers of humanities education believe that various left-leaning trends such as multiculturalism and cultural relativism become stronger the higher you rise on the education ladder.......
February 4, 2010
MTC: Identity Politics Beyond Reason
Mark Bauerlein
The headline in the East Bay Express a few weeks back probably didn't surprise people in California, bracing as they have been for funding shortfalls in government services, including education: "Berk......
November 10, 2009
MTC: Princeton's Victory Over Grade Inflation
Russell K. Nieli
Grade inflation is one of those realities of the post-60s academic world that most college teachers bemoan but feel powerless to do anything about. It is virtually impossible for any single faculty m......
November 10, 2009
MTC: The Modern Academic Cauldron
Robert Paquette
In the 1950s, Hamilton College, where I now teach, had no marketing arm to speak of, but the New York Times provided a good deal of favorable coverage. A few years ago I stumbled upon one such item......
October 8, 2009
MTC: The Cost of Raising Boys Like Girls
Charlotte Allen
Total enrollment in colleges and universities is expected to rise to 20.6 million by the fall of 2018, according to a new projection from the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education......
October 5, 2009
MTC: A SHORT Guide to College Guides
John Leo
Does it matter which college guide a high-school student consults? Yes indeed. They all differ in poundage, cost and frankness. To illustrate the various approaches, and the various levels of candor,......