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Hatched on college campuses, "critical pedagogies" have begun to leave the nest.
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Hatched on college campuses, "critical pedagogies" have begun to leave the nest.
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Destruction from within
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Archaeologists from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill working in Israel unearthed depictions of Deborah, Jael, and other heroes from the biblical book of Judges.
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Archaeologists from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill working in Israel unearthed depictions of Deborah, Jael, and other heroes from the biblical book of Judges.
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Aaron Sibarium of the Washington Free Beacon documents a disturbing trend in one of the world’s oldest academic fields.
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Aaron Sibarium of the Washington Free Beacon documents a disturbing trend in one of the world’s oldest academic fields.
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Many, perhaps most, Americans are just now waking up to the meaning of “woke.” What does “woke” have to do with looting, bricks, fires, and blood in Portland, Seattle, and Minneapolis? One asks oneself, “Am I woke (good)? Or not woke (evil)? How woke is woke, how much wokeness is enough, and who dec
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Many, perhaps most, Americans are just now waking up to the meaning of “woke.” What does “woke” have to do with looting, bricks, fires, and blood in Portland, Seattle, and Minneapolis? One asks oneself, “Am I woke (good)? Or not woke (evil)? How woke is woke, how much wokeness is enough, and who dec
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One nation under God.
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Elizabeth Powers explains at National Review Online how an insidious element of college campus culture has affected the rest of society.
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Elizabeth Powers explains at National Review Online how an insidious element of college campus culture has affected the rest of society.
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A question of power is at the heart of the new and interesting book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.
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A question of power is at the heart of the new and interesting book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.
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Two recent stories that dominated academic Twitter were the cancellation of the Western Art History course at Yale and the incorporation of the 1619 Project in the school curricula in Buffalo, New York and Washington DC.
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Two recent stories that dominated academic Twitter were the cancellation of the Western Art History course at Yale and the incorporation of the 1619 Project in the school curricula in Buffalo, New York and Washington DC.
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Academic postmodernism is no stranger to the idea that classical Enlightenment values such as reason, equal treatment, and individual agency should be cast aside for the sake of racial and sexual grievances.
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Academic postmodernism is no stranger to the idea that classical Enlightenment values such as reason, equal treatment, and individual agency should be cast aside for the sake of racial and sexual grievances.
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Here’s why indoctrinating children makes perfect sense to postmodernists.
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Here’s why indoctrinating children makes perfect sense to postmodernists.
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One of the three "Sokal Squared" academic hoaxers, Peter Boghossian of Portland State University, has been accused of violating his university's research policies.
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One of the three "Sokal Squared" academic hoaxers, Peter Boghossian of Portland State University, has been accused of violating his university's research policies.
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The sudden departure of Margaret Spellings from the presidency of the University of North Carolina system presents a unique opportunity to address academia’s most serious problem.
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The sudden departure of Margaret Spellings from the presidency of the University of North Carolina system presents a unique opportunity to address academia’s most serious problem.
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In recent years, the media has given us dire warnings about the "crisis of the humanities." In article after article, one reads about falling enrollments in college English departments and funding cuts
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In recent years, the media has given us dire warnings about the "crisis of the humanities." In article after article, one reads about falling enrollments in college English departments and funding cuts
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There are lots of people in our higher education system who claim that it is "the envy of the world" and just needs more money to graduate more young Americans with the degrees that are supposedly in great demand
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There are lots of people in our higher education system who claim that it is "the envy of the world" and just needs more money to graduate more young Americans with the degrees that are supposedly in great demand
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A recent book by Thomas L. Martin and Duke Pesta, The Renaissance and the Postmodern: A Study in Comparative Critical Values represents something of a critical cat among the contemporary theoretical pigeons
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A recent book by Thomas L. Martin and Duke Pesta, The Renaissance and the Postmodern: A Study in Comparative Critical Values represents something of a critical cat among the contemporary theoretical pigeons
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This academic year has been punctuated by a series of high-profile campus protests
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This academic year has been punctuated by a series of high-profile campus protests
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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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Conservatives today seem to be pretty good at winning elections. They also seem to be pretty good at spreading their ideas; there are more conservative think tanks, student groups, campus centers, policy organizations, and media outlets than ever before.
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Conservatives today seem to be pretty good at winning elections. They also seem to be pretty good at spreading their ideas; there are more conservative think tanks, student groups, campus centers, policy organizations, and media outlets than ever before.
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The Pope Center, for the most part, is about policy. Our mission is to conceive and promote policies that will improve higher education
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The Pope Center, for the most part, is about policy. Our mission is to conceive and promote policies that will improve higher education
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Universities once served as repositories of knowledge. They were the defenders of civilization. Now, Dr. Jenna Robinson, president of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, says universities have turned away from that traditional role
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Universities once served as repositories of knowledge. They were the defenders of civilization. Now, Dr. Jenna Robinson, president of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, says universities have turned away from that traditional role
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"Academia is American liberals' sanctuary, their fortress, their source. By controlling the campuses, the Left is able to control much of the nation's intellectual debate," said my colleague Jay Schalin at last year's State Policy Network convention.
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"Academia is American liberals' sanctuary, their fortress, their source. By controlling the campuses, the Left is able to control much of the nation's intellectual debate," said my colleague Jay Schalin at last year's State Policy Network convention.
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In the 1980s, facing complaints from business leaders that college graduates couldn’t think, K-16 education responded with the “critical thinking movement.” After 35 years, how successful has that movement been?
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In the 1980s, facing complaints from business leaders that college graduates couldn’t think, K-16 education responded with the “critical thinking movement.” After 35 years, how successful has that movement been?
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I have had the advantage of having degrees in both biology and English. I know how each is taught, and the requirements of each.
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I have had the advantage of having degrees in both biology and English. I know how each is taught, and the requirements of each.