The rivalry between the University of Michigan (Michigan) and Ohio State is among the most intense and storied in college football, but the last game of the 2024 season was particularly violent. It escalated into chaos, culminating in an on-field brawl that required police intervention and the use of pepper spray. While rivalry games bring […]
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The First Amendment’s free speech protections and “academic freedom” at colleges and universities are pillars of American democracy. But knowledgeable observers long have recognized that subversives, including members of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA), use these freedoms to foment revolutionary change in the United States, including the hoped-for creation of a new Marxist […]
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Ivy League applications are down, and Ivy League schools have begun to panic. Over the past few weeks, America’s most coveted schools welcomed the early decision cohort of the class of 2029. Yet unlike in previous years, which saw a consistent increase in the number of applications and a corresponding decrease in acceptance rates, the […]
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By now, most publications have released their 2025 outlooks and their what-to-read book lists. (The National Association of Scholars (NAS) gave its outlook here, and I released a what-to-read book list here). Few, however, are looking inward. So, to be unique, here are my reflections and resolutions. Minding the Campus (MTC) enters 2025 on a […]
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A few years ago, I read E.D. Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy, a transformative appeal for steering American K-12 education toward deeper academic content and, more fundamentally, toward the primacy of knowledge. The book was a key reason I decided to attend Stanford University’s graduate program in education policy and leadership and reenter the world of education. […]
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The love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) in academia has shifted from concerns like cheating and skill loss to exploring teaching styles, scaffolding, and expanding lesson plans. This shift reflects broader contexts of learning beyond traditional teacher-centered models. A notable example is the University of Texas at Austin’s collaboration with Grammarly to create the Faculty […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on December 31, 2024, and is crossposted here with permission. On behalf of everyone at the National Association of Scholars (NAS), we hope you had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays! As the new year approaches, education reformers remain hopeful—fingers crossed—for a renewed focus on […]
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