David Randall

July 1, 2026

The Debtor’s Bench

Judges’ own law school debt may be reshaping loan policy, and not in students’ favor.
June 29, 2026

The Great Books Are for Passing On Our Stories

The first task of a Great Books curriculum is to teach the stories that shaped Western civilization.
June 25, 2026

Report Finds Ivy League Boards Lean Heavily Democratic

The findings suggest that trustees are unlikely to challenge the ideological direction of the universities they oversee.
June 22, 2026

The Life Left Out

An essay on creative writing and graduate school leaves little room for the work, family, and responsibilities that give literature—and life—its substance.
June 18, 2026

Stop Trying to Reform Law Schools

New FIRE data on self-censorship shows why policymakers should focus on weakening law schools’ monopoly rather than changing their minds.
June 17, 2026

Against the Boneless Wonders

The purpose of civics education is not merely to teach citizens how government works, but to cultivate the courage to defend the republic.
June 16, 2026

A Fig Leaf for the Regime

So long as conservatives are treated as moral outcasts, intellectual diversity will remain a façade.
June 15, 2026

Bragging Rights

From Iowa’s new civic education requirements to federal science reforms, the National Association of Scholars is helping drive reform across American education.
June 15, 2026

The Anglosphere’s Education Crisis

Bella d’Abrera’s Mindless shows how leftist activism has transformed schools across Australia, Britain, and the United States.
June 12, 2026

The Day After Disparate Impact

The end of disparate impact could transform college enrollment, professional licensing, and accreditation across America.
June 10, 2026

The Mountain Gives Birth to a Mouse

A report commissioned by Vanderbilt and Washington University acknowledges serious problems in the humanities but offers little meaningful reform.
June 9, 2026

I’d Like to Get My FOIA Response Before I Die

AI could replace the education bureaucrats stonewalling my requests.
June 2, 2026

It Really Is Worse Than You Think

Heritage’s new collection explains how America’s universities became dysfunctional—and what reformers should do next.
June 1, 2026

Whatever Happened to World Literature?

The Guardian’s literary elite celebrates diversity while narrowing the literary canon.
May 20, 2026

Florida and CLT Are Building an Alternative to AP Courses

Education reformers now need to ensure these new programs can compete with the College Board on equal footing.
May 12, 2026

The Danger of Danielle Allen’s Civics Project

Her ‘bipartisan’ civics project masks a framework that empowers the academic left’s most radical actors.
May 4, 2026

A Modest Cut to a Bloated System

Andrew Gillen outlines $265 billion in savings, much of it hidden in tax credits.
April 28, 2026

A Better Model for Teaching English Language Arts

The Cather Standards provide a content rich approach that can restore literacy in American schools.
April 27, 2026

Ignorance and the Mob

A republic that won’t teach its monuments won’t keep them.
April 24, 2026

Start Measuring Results

The Institute of Education Sciences should prioritize return on investment, student achievement, and statistically literate leadership.
April 20, 2026

Harvard’s $10 Million Viewpoint Diversity Fix Won’t Work

Without rebuilding the hiring pipeline, endowed professorships will change little.
April 16, 2026

Catholic Converts and the Limits of the Trend

The rise in Catholic conversions reflects real intellectual appeal, but it remains a small phenomenon within a broader secularizing culture that calls for pluralistic religious education.
April 14, 2026

No More Middle Ground for Universities

The National Association of Scholars warns that continued resistance could invite far more aggressive intervention.
April 7, 2026

America’s Universities Have Chosen Foreign Interests Over Their Own Country

The National Association of Scholars’s new report lays out a concrete policy roadmap to restore higher education to the national interest.
April 1, 2026

Out With the Snake Pits, In With the Strategists

Defunding area studies was right. But America needs to build something better.
March 31, 2026

Report: ‘Progressive Ideology’ Is Embedded in General Education Requirements

Core subjects like American history and Western civilization are being pushed aside.
March 17, 2026

The Passing of a Decent Man

Habermas’s theories offer a needed defense of reason in an illiberal academy.
March 17, 2026

Against Boutique Education

Fellowships are valuable, but they can’t replace universities.
March 3, 2026

He Was an A+ Student After All

Grade inflation has gotten so bad that a 1968 C+ might clear the bar for a Yalie A today.
February 11, 2026

Calling the Citation Police

NAS’s Citations Nondiscrimination Act takes aim at ‘citational justice’ and its effort to rewrite scholarship for power.