Good news and bad news for higher education in Ohio. The good news is that SB 1 passed into law on March 28. It promises an end to “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” indoctrination, and political litmus tests at public universities; it increases curriculum transparency, it mandates civic education, and much more. The bad news is […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on March 31, 2025, and is crossposted here with permission. I have been asked by several members of the National Association of Scholars, as well as by members of the NAS staff, whether we have an official position on the recent developments at Columbia University. […]
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Grade inflation—higher grades awarded without a commensurate increase in learning—is a documented problem in higher education. It is fueled by a consumerist educational environment, the desire to please students and parents, the connection of student satisfaction surveys (e.g., “course evaluations”) with employment and promotion, and coddlers who view any source of student stress as problematic. Combined with […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on March 27, 2024. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The University of Washington (UW), following a year-long surge of anti-Israel protests on campus, reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the Jewish community in response to a recent warning letter […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on PJ Media on March 14, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The ideology of “social justice,” encompassing both critical race theory, extreme gender theory, and queer theory, has become the main administrative tool of universities, […]
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For the past decade or so, I have worked with students to help them prepare essays for applications to America’s top colleges and universities. Many of my students have historically matriculated to Ivy League and other top-tier universities, and every year, we continue to send a handful of Invictus Prep students to America’s most coveted […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by American Greatness on March 30, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. Last week, the Trump Administration dropped Biden’s appeal of a July Oklahoma court ruling on Title IX. The ruling had stopped Biden’s April 2024 Title IX regulation from taking effect, joining several other courts that […]
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It was March 30, 1775. King George III delivers another blow to the American colonies, formally endorsing the New England Restraining Act. This Act, a direct response to the Continental Association’s 1774 boycott of British goods, was designed to strangle the rebelling colonies into submission. By royal decree, New England’s trade was restricted solely to […]
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Science™ is fighting back! In case you were worried. The final straw was the National Institutes of Health (NIH) decreeing in February that indirect cost reimbursements on research grants would henceforth be cut to about 25 percent of their current rate. Hard to see what the complaint is there. Indirect costs mostly fuel administrative bloat, […]
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Author’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the site. With headlines dominated […]
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Secretary Peter Hegseth’s first order to the Department of Defense promised “a focus on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness.” To the extent that the Service Academies—West Point, Annapolis, the Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy—take this directive seriously, they should end athletic admissions. Such a move would change […]
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I would have thought that one of the primary jobs of our universities would be to conserve and explore the great works of Western Civilization, and, further, to introduce these great works to students. But five decades of teaching and research at one of North America’s great universities have disabused me of such imaginings. Western […]
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As professionals in the education sector, we have a responsibility to ensure that our students receive a quality education during their time at university. Financial education is rarely part of a course curriculum, but for those of us who are passionate about supporting learners in reaching their full potential, a lesson in financial concerns is […]
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In 2023, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) canceled an accepted session from their annual conference: “Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby: Why biological sex remains a necessary analytic category in anthropology.” AAA’s decision, phrased in today’s academic jargon, was explicitly political. AAA President Ramona Pérez, writing jointly with President Monica Heller of the Canadian Anthropological Society, […]
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While the United States dismantles “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), Canada still clings desperately to this cult of mediocrity. Sensing an impending cultural shift, Canadian DEI professionals are scrambling to mount a defense reminiscent of Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal.” While Swift suggested eating children to solve poverty, diversicrats deploy discrimination in their moral crusade to […]
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In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, I was stunned as many of my peers—college juniors, no less—freaked out upon hearing that Trump had beaten Kamala Harris. On my campus, female students, in particular, voiced fears that their rights, especially access to abortion, would be immediately stripped away. Their fear was palpable, but what […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by American Thinker on March 20, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. The gang of lower court judges that is interfering with President Trump’s executive responsibilities is not unique. It is hard to find a judge who can separate politics and law, or […]
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There has been major controversy and uncertainty in higher education circles about the future of considering race on campuses. After every major Supreme Court decision, opponents will seek to minimize the ruling, while supporters will seek to expand it. So, the rules have not been clear. The day the Supreme Court decided Students for Fair […]
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Albright College is a traditional liberal arts college in Reading, Pennsylvania, that is in deep financial trouble. Reading itself is an old industrial town with fewer people today than a century ago, with relatively low average incomes. Pennsylvania has had a number of college mergers and consolidations, including a number of public regional universities. Like […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the author on X on March 22, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. Much in the news the past few days is the turnaround at Columbia University over the Trump administration’s pulling $400 million of federal grants and contracts unless […]
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Gun safety doesn’t only have to be a topic for lawmakers and law enforcement. It’s a subject that, over the last several years, has been integrating its way into classrooms and university halls all over the United States. Since there have been several gun-related incidents that have grabbed headlines and put safety concerns on everyone’s […]
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On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry gave his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech at the Second Virginia Convention, in favor of a resolution that Virginia form a militia to oppose King George’s tyranny. Moderates at the convention were somewhat reluctant to go on record saying explicitly that George was a tyrant who must […]
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On March 22, 1775, Edmund Burke delivered one of his great Parliamentary orations on Conciliation with America. Britain and America were rushing to war, and Burke pulled out the stops to make an extraordinary peroration for peace. Britain’s current policy was worse than unjust—it was doomed to fail. Peace must be achieved, argued Burke, by […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Law & Liberty on March 21, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. College athletics have been undergoing rapid change over the past five years. One of the most significant changes involves policies surrounding “NIL,” a shorthand for name, image, and […]
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In an article for Slate, Joel Swanson, a newly hired professor of Jewish Studies at Sarah Lawrence College (SLC), selectively presents only part of the story regarding the college’s response to the wave of anti-Semitism that swept SLC following Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel. No surprise to me, Swanson uses the piece to argue […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by American Greatness on March 21, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. On Friday, March 14, Trump‘s Education Department announced an investigation into more than 50 colleges and universities for their continuation of racial preferences despite the Supreme Court’s 2023 opinion in Students for Fair Admissions […]
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By the end of the day, President Trump is expected to sign a long-anticipated executive order (EO) that will kickstart the process of closing the Department of Education (ED)—a move he has promised since launching his 2024 campaign, citing decades of bureaucratic waste and rising federal spending in Washington, which have failed to yield any […]
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Author’s Note: This excerpt is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, sign up directly by entering your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on March 17, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. A U.S. Department of Justice decision to deport a Brown University professor based on alleged ties to Muslim terrorists has sparked mixed reactions from academics online. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a […]
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The majority of students on college campuses currently are members of Generation Z (Gen Z). They are adults, born between 1997 and 2012, and the most stressed cohort to ever embark on their journey through higher education. They are reporting “the highest stress levels of any generation in the country,” according to the American Psychological […]
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