Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Diogenes in Exile on October 07, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. We need to talk about the standards for mental health counseling education. The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) is a non-profit […]
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Searching for truth is a very old and demanding activity because the truth is omnipresent. Like gravitation or the magnetic field, truth cannot be seen. There is also an apparent truth—when people look at the sky, they see the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars moving, and for a long time many believed that the Earth […]
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When it comes to sleep, students are often guilty of being a little too loose with their interpretation of the rules. Late nights followed by rude awakenings from early-morning lectures are considered part and parcel of university life. However, as difficult as it may seem, finding the balance between healthy sleep and getting the most […]
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The language and tone of the recent U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation report, “D.E.I. Division. Extremism. Ideology. How the Biden-Harris NSF Politicized Science,” is very partisan, which makes the report less persuasive than it otherwise might be. Still, the report identifies and criticizes a growing failure of objectivity by the National Science […]
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American universities stand at a historic crossroads. After decades of strong progressive policies, progressivism has become the status quo. Universities have drifted so far to the left that they have lost all connection to their roots. When it’s easier to find a dissident in Iran than a Republican at Harvard University, it’s a clear sign […]
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