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If professors respond correctly, ChatGPT can be a friend, not a foe.
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If professors respond correctly, ChatGPT can be a friend, not a foe.
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The Fall 2022 issue of Regulation, published by the Cato Institute, includes a piece from George Leef of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.
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The Fall 2022 issue of Regulation, published by the Cato Institute, includes a piece from George Leef of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.
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In his new book, a Duke emeritus professor diagnoses the problem.
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In his new book, a Duke emeritus professor diagnoses the problem.
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Carl Dobsky’s brilliant, fiery painting “Birds of Paradise” has been the focus of attention at his recent exhibitions, because it accurately and effectively captures the zeitgeist of contemporary American life.
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Carl Dobsky’s brilliant, fiery painting “Birds of Paradise” has been the focus of attention at his recent exhibitions, because it accurately and effectively captures the zeitgeist of contemporary American life.
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Although tenure has been hotly debated over the years, it is still widely misunderstood as guaranteeing a professor a lifetime position.
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Although tenure has been hotly debated over the years, it is still widely misunderstood as guaranteeing a professor a lifetime position.
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During the years I taught college English, I had a ringside seat watching a new breed of Jacobins seize control of a university English department, then extend their reach throughout the humanities.
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During the years I taught college English, I had a ringside seat watching a new breed of Jacobins seize control of a university English department, then extend their reach throughout the humanities.
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Veritas. Lux et veritas. Veritas vos liberabit. Truth. Light and truth. Truth will set you free.
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Veritas. Lux et veritas. Veritas vos liberabit. Truth. Light and truth. Truth will set you free.
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On September 29, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) announced that it is investigating what it calls “egregious violations of principles of academic governance and persistent structural racism in the University of North Carolina System.”
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On September 29, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) announced that it is investigating what it calls “egregious violations of principles of academic governance and persistent structural racism in the University of North Carolina System.”
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The need to combat “microaggressions” has recently saturated America.
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The need to combat “microaggressions” has recently saturated America.
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Universities’ profligate spending habits have caught up with them after substantial losses in student enrollments due to COVID-19.
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Universities’ profligate spending habits have caught up with them after substantial losses in student enrollments due to COVID-19.
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Oreskes and Tyson published “Is Academe Awash in Liberal Bias?” in the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 14.
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Oreskes and Tyson published “Is Academe Awash in Liberal Bias?” in the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 14.
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Miguel Urquiola is professor and chair of the department of economics at Columbia University.
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Miguel Urquiola is professor and chair of the department of economics at Columbia University.
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Steven Brint, distinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California, Riverside, has given the public a reminder of why so many students value a college degree.
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Steven Brint, distinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California, Riverside, has given the public a reminder of why so many students value a college degree.
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As education goes, so goes nearly everything else: politics, culture, and social cohesion.
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As education goes, so goes nearly everything else: politics, culture, and social cohesion.
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There is a great deal of public discussion right now about the minimum wage.
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There is a great deal of public discussion right now about the minimum wage.
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American colleges and universities lean left. Among faculty at leading U.S. universities, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 11-to-one
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American colleges and universities lean left. Among faculty at leading U.S. universities, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 11-to-one
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Should we allow scholars to be activists? Fabio Rojas (“Scholarship First, Activism Second”) and Jay Schalin (“Scholarship Only, Activism on Your Own Time”) have offered various degrees of attack on activist-scholars
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Should we allow scholars to be activists? Fabio Rojas (“Scholarship First, Activism Second”) and Jay Schalin (“Scholarship Only, Activism on Your Own Time”) have offered various degrees of attack on activist-scholars
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The movement to reform higher education is finally entering prime time
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The movement to reform higher education is finally entering prime time
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a proud history of supporting free speech and expression. One of the proudest moments in its history - and justifiably so - is how the entire university community fought the infamous Speaker Ban Law of the 1960s
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a proud history of supporting free speech and expression. One of the proudest moments in its history - and justifiably so - is how the entire university community fought the infamous Speaker Ban Law of the 1960s
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It has been a decade since what Education Week calls “the largest K-12 school cheating scandal in U.S. history” shook Atlanta Public Schools, resulting in racketeering convictions for 11 former teachers and principals who rigged tests
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It has been a decade since what Education Week calls “the largest K-12 school cheating scandal in U.S. history” shook Atlanta Public Schools, resulting in racketeering convictions for 11 former teachers and principals who rigged tests
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Look at any map of our recent presidential elections and a key fault-line in our fractured country becomes clear
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Look at any map of our recent presidential elections and a key fault-line in our fractured country becomes clear
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The state of Arkansas is facing an existential threat to academic freedom
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The state of Arkansas is facing an existential threat to academic freedom
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Half of me is reluctant to write something harshly critical about higher education in the United States because I'm such a true-blue believer in, beneficiary of, and insider to the system
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Half of me is reluctant to write something harshly critical about higher education in the United States because I'm such a true-blue believer in, beneficiary of, and insider to the system
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Universities have by and large rendered themselves unable to be policed-sometimes quite literally-and that has not gone unnoticed by the legislators who fund them
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Universities have by and large rendered themselves unable to be policed-sometimes quite literally-and that has not gone unnoticed by the legislators who fund them
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Five years ago, higher education was abuzz over distance learning, a "disruptive technology."
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Five years ago, higher education was abuzz over distance learning, a "disruptive technology."
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The Martin Center has been covering the Kafkaesque case of Marquette University professor John McAdams since it first broke several years ago
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The Martin Center has been covering the Kafkaesque case of Marquette University professor John McAdams since it first broke several years ago
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President Trump scares academe. Many feel threatened, under siege, rejected, aghast
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President Trump scares academe. Many feel threatened, under siege, rejected, aghast
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The University of North Carolina law school has no business participating in one-sided political advocacy or entering lawsuits representing only left-leaning clients, several members of the UNC Board of Governors say
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The University of North Carolina law school has no business participating in one-sided political advocacy or entering lawsuits representing only left-leaning clients, several members of the UNC Board of Governors say
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Much as Martin Center readers may disparage Marxism, there is one author who deserves our attention
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Much as Martin Center readers may disparage Marxism, there is one author who deserves our attention
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More than that, however it shows that this is more true in some fields and geographic regions than others and, most significantly, that the leftist trend is becoming more pronounced over time
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More than that, however it shows that this is more true in some fields and geographic regions than others and, most significantly, that the leftist trend is becoming more pronounced over time
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In 2006, I clipped a "Non Sequitur" cartoon that captured perfectly the mystique that surrounds our nation's universities
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In 2006, I clipped a "Non Sequitur" cartoon that captured perfectly the mystique that surrounds our nation's universities
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Famed literary critic George Steiner once said that cultural knowledge allows one to "resist" and that "no one can make a zombie of you if you carry [cultural knowledge] inside of you."
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Famed literary critic George Steiner once said that cultural knowledge allows one to "resist" and that "no one can make a zombie of you if you carry [cultural knowledge] inside of you."
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Accreditation is like the pancreas: not very interesting, but a source of serious problems if it malfunctions
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Accreditation is like the pancreas: not very interesting, but a source of serious problems if it malfunctions
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Lately, tenure has come under heavy criticism, particularly from conservatives who maintain that it protects incompetent, ignorant, or indifferent teachers to the detriment of students
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Lately, tenure has come under heavy criticism, particularly from conservatives who maintain that it protects incompetent, ignorant, or indifferent teachers to the detriment of students