Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClear Education on January 27, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. America needs new science standards. That’s why the National Association of Scholars and Freedom in Education published The Franklin Standards: Model K-12 State Science Standards. These standards are […]
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While administrators and professors are aware of the importance of academic freedom for students studying in the United States from abroad, equally important, yet less often discussed, is the issue of the consequences of controversial research conducted in American higher education institutions by undergraduate international students when they return to their home countries. As a […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on December 18, 2024. It was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. What is the purpose of “gender studies”? Reading its followers, […]
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As we await the anticipated rollout of formal orders from the new Commander-in-Chief to end DoD’s divisive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies,[1] active-duty military personnel and veterans of all races across the Nation are welcoming the promised return to individual meritocratic standards that will no longer consider one’s race, color, creed or national origin. […]
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Many, if not most, students attend university intending to enter the workforce upon graduation. But today’s climate of student-centered policies and social justice rhetoric often does the opposite. While much attention has been given to the harms of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) initiatives, the rapid expansion of academic accommodations remains underexamined. Originally intended to […]
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The flurry of activity out of the Trump Administration is getting most of the news commentary these days, but much of higher education is still largely under partial control by state government authorities. Some attention has been on big states like Florida and Texas that have created new research centers not controlled by the woke-academic […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Docement Productions on January 10. 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Can Western civilization survive? One wonders. It is mostly the small things that fuel the disquiet. An illegal immigrant sets a woman on the F train […]
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I’ve been a donor to FIRE since 2007, but I’m no longer convinced by its diagnosis or treatment plan for the dire illness afflicting U.S. higher education. The diagnosis attributes the malady to (1) overprotective parenting and (2) teenage addiction to smartphones and social media, which have produced a generation of anxious, depressed, and fragile […]
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The NCAA transfer portal, originally intended to provide athletes with greater freedom, has evolved into a chaotic free agency system with significant consequences for academics and team dynamics. While the portal empowers athletes to escape unfavorable situations or seek better opportunities, it often undermines their educational progress. Many student-athletes struggle with credit transfers, delayed graduations, […]
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America’s legacy elite colleges continue to lose reputation in the public eye. Today’s example is Sarah Lawrence College, where intolerance for heterodoxy is part of the culture. Fortunately, civil rights have been vindicated, if only in a small way, at the college. The story begins in October 2018, when professor Samuel Abrams described the college […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on November 8, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. President Donald Trump has a second chance to enforce a little-known federal law that will treat legal American citizens as equal to illegal migrants. The “Illegal Immigration Reform and […]
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Author’s Note: This excerpt is from my weekly Top of Mind email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. To receive the full newsletter and access more content like this, visit Minding the Campus’s homepage. Simply navigate to the right-hand side of the page, find the section titled “Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter, Top of Mind,” […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on May 11, 2024. It was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Recently, the end-of-year medical exam at Sorbonne Paris Nord University was the subject of a lively […]
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Republicans have their best opportunity in decades to significantly reform or even eliminate government involvement in student loans. As I explain in a new Cato Institute paper, doing so could generate up to $212 billion in savings over the next ten years. But Congress needs to act quickly as the window of opportunity will close […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on November 3, 2024. It was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Academic freedom requires that we be free to choose our research topics, but like any freedom, […]
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A blog post recently appeared in my inbox from Frances Lee, the new interfaith chaplain at Sarah Lawrence College, reflecting on the challenges of the fall 2024 semester. That term was marked by violent protests and disruptions led by Students for Justice in Palestine and their allies—events that gained national attention. As a Jewish professor […]
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When I was a business executive and CEO in the transportation and technology sector, we used a concept called “lean thinking.” This concept is a manufacturing philosophy developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor Jim Womack, who has been called the “Godfather of Lean,” a nickname that stemmed from his work as a consultant […]
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College football has always been more than just a sport—it’s a cultural institution rooted in tradition and regional pride. Yet, the sport has undergone a profound transformation, as illustrated by the changes to the College Football Playoff (CFP) and bowl structures. The introduction of a 12-team playoff system signals a departure from the longstanding norms […]
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Should biological males be allowed to compete against women in college sports? The most obvious answer to that question is no. Not if we want a competitive contest. The strongest Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team would likely not come within 50 points of the weakest National Basketball Association (NBA) squad in a game of […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on December 3, 2024. It was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Our fellow philosopher and contributor to this site, Alexandre Portier, Minister Delegate for Educational Success in […]
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