Day: March 31, 2025

Ohio Bill Threatens Online Higher Education

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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Columbia’s Descent into Chaos Is by Its Own Hand—Actions to Right the Ship Must Be Swift and Tough

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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Strict Grading is Essential for Academic and Career Success

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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University of Washington Affirms Commitment to Ending Anti-Semitism After Trump Warning

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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Anti-Semitism in Universities Is Uncivil and Incompatible with Sound Education

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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We Need to Do Something About Student Writing

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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Title IX and Trump 2.0: No More Radicalism Masquerading as Civil Rights

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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