Thomas Jefferson: History’s Greatest Hispanist (Part 2)
…Sancho realizes in DQ 1.25 that Dulcinea del Toboso is really Aldonza Lorenzo, we learn that Don Quijote is in love with a Morisca. The hidalgo admits he knows who…
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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Counseling Master’s Program
…a new chapter in my life filled with learning. Since that time I have indeed learned a lot, and if I had known even half of these things beforehand I…
University of Nevada, Reno’s Problematic Push for Federal Hispanic Status
…the university incentivizes them to learn less, be exposed to less diversity of academic subjects, and spend tuition dollars on what they already know—according to the stereotype. Other universities, no…
Message for UATX Polaris Project: Build Now
…between studying the process of creation and creating something yourself, especially for teenagers. Things don’t get much better with the “Polaris Inspirations” course, which follows: This course uses case studies…
A Report on the American Classroom 2024: Is Free Speech Just a Matter of Process?
…several years of failed efforts to restrict faculty speech directly: [M]ost educational censorship bills don’t fulminate against critical race theory or the New York Times’ 1619 Project. Instead, they are…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cherokee Leader Stand Watie
…Watie, don’t expect their public-school peers to be learning the same. Expect the kids in the government schools and lousy universities to offer nothing but a blank stare if Jimmy…
Native Americans Want Their S**t Back
…new hat—making it a living sacred object (at.όow), just like the original”—this now seems like a recipe for disaster. Let’s hope the spirits don’t get too restless! Contemporary Art…
Higher Education Shouldn’t Mean Higher Indoctrination
…a controversy occurred on campus.” Students don’t know what they can say or what to expect from administrations as a response, so they don’t say anything at all. In other…
Reflections on the Loss of Rigor in College Classes
…you know, the easier it is to learn. But we now see often-unprepared students get through courses with little effort, probably learning little, but with reasonable grades. In time, it…
Federal Overreach is Threatening Innovation in Online Education
…a “next-generation open platform for developing, delivering, improving, and researching adaptive learning experiences. Designed to leverage learning science while simultaneously facilitating learning research, Torus builds on the historic success of…
The Trouble with Three-Letter Acronyms
…on articulating measurable learning outcomes for every program and policy. As my colleague David Campbell often reminded me, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re likely to end up…
The Great Powder Grab
…houses and that such bans only put law-abiding citizens at a disadvantage against criminals—who famously don’t care about large-capacity magazine bans—and thereby undermine public safety. Art by Beck & Stone…
“Techne”: The Future Students—and Parents—Want
…students. But, having made a promise, the college has a moral obligation to try to keep it. If you don’t make techne courses a requirement, many students will fail to…
Students’ Availability Heuristic Turned Campuses into Nightmares: This Semester, Professors Must Break It
…noted, “Some academic disciplines are not devoted to the search for the truth. They don’t share that basic principle. They are largely devoted to the imposition of unified political belief.”…
Weiss: National Science Foundation’s New Mandate Will Censor Researchers
…part of their historical trauma, when they have always been depicted negatively. They don’t want that to happen again, so they want to make sure that if you’re going to…
Our Teachable Moment: Is Anyone Learning Anything?
…all, is derived from the Greek word “schole,” which means leisure. The relationship between politics and genuine leisure—by which I don’t mean staring at a screen—is worth talking about. My…
Can Harvard Faculty and Students Trust a Dean Who Wants to Punish Speech?
…history. Instead, they will use their “voice” to exert influence for change “from within.” Alumni and faculty don’t want Harvard to decline or fail. When they critique Harvard, they show…
‘ChatGPT Is Really Helpful:’ The Martin Center Interviews Carolina’s AI Experts
…enough background understanding and enough practice with AI so that they don’t feel like they’re just consumers in this AI space but can produce their own knowledge by making smart…
Clemson’s New Elevator to Success: This One Weird Trick Will Double Your Research
…chapter. And when you do, conceal the source instead of citing it. And don’t use quotation marks—these would tip off the editor and the reader. Double your research. Elevate Clemson….
Against Democracy in Education: Reading, Writing, Shooting, and Smoking in Tocqueville, Jefferson, and Palafox
…more than five thousand battles in times that saw few books come to light. And she didn’t need books to found and extend her monarchy. If you don’t believe me,…
Developing an Ethos of ‘Extravagant’ and ‘Intentional’ Hospitality
…Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life, (Wheaton: Crossway, 2003). [30] Don Richardson, Eternity in Their Hearts (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1981). [31] Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness, (New York: 10Publishing, 2012)….
Humanities Must Embrace Rigorous Standards
…commercials. Many young people are interested in thinking, politics, and art but study harder or more practical subjects. They don’t consider universities the proper gateways to their extra-curricular cultural interests….
A Mission Statement for New College of Florida
…to aim lower and seek to create the best college in Florida or America. But why go through all the trouble of revitalizing NCF if you don’t want to make…
Students Don’t Know How the Government Spends Money
…private sector’s use of the bottom-up business approach directs what can be done to improve outcomes. Today’s two of America’s most successful corporations, Adobe Corporation and Dunkin’ Donuts, find that…
Some of These Institutions Need to Die. But They Won’t.
…inefficient company. On the one hand, they kept pressure on the banks: “If you don’t do as we say, we’ll let you fail like Lehman.” On the other hand, the…
Top of Mind: Anti-Semitic Protesters
…a spokesperson for “Columbia Apartheid-Divest,” is an illustrative case. In a video posted to X, James articulated his belief that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” He entertained the idea of…
Say ‘Yes’ to the First Amendment
…and business? The answer is that we don’t. We can’t. If we did, human activity would be meaningless and would just make the world a more loathsome place. We don’t…
Curricular Visions: Revitalizing the Great Books
…How can I live virtuously? What makes for a just society? An updated Great Books curriculum should: Be designed for serious students. If you don’t like to read, it is…
Hope for Harvard?
…or time off. In any case, the younger generation, by and large, don’t see anything wrong with having our History offerings interlarded with courses on environmentalism, identity politics, transhumanism, intersectionality,…
A Long View on Artificial Intelligence
…better phrased as a question of how humans will use AI to do their jobs. AI will handle highly repetitive tasks that don’t need creativity, but only in rare cases…