‘Alarming’: House Report Warns of China’s Tie to U.S. Universities
…also create unique threats to faculty and student rights as well as to the American universities involved in the partnership,” she said. She also told The Fix one of the…
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Jewish Students Are Left to Face Anti-Semitism Alone
…faculty and students are feeling threatened, unsupported and need help especially as the hate and vitriol started up immediately as our campuses reopened this fall. Jewish students want and need…
Both Sides Threaten Democracy—It’s Time Leftist Professors Admit It
…police are perceived less as racist or white supremacist and more as straightforward common sense. This exemplifies the impacts of what Democratic commentator James Carville derides as ivory tower “faculty…
Ending ‘Woke’ Protects Free Thought and Speech
…students and faculty with recourse if their rights are violated. Mandatory disclosure holds universities accountable and allows the public to assess whether schools are truly fostering a marketplace of ideas….
Higher Education Shouldn’t Mean Higher Indoctrination
University faculty and staff face one of the oldest problems on campus: what free speech means. Our students are entering an extraordinarily polarized world that encourages them to think only…
Introducing “Social Justice versus Social Science”
…little more than slavery. These narratives are hard to escape—they dominate classrooms, faculty meetings, and public discourse. But they’re not the full story! Minding the Campus is proud to present…
Reflections on the Loss of Rigor in College Classes
…“specialists,” deans, and assistant chancellors. It is agonizing to see distinguished faculty have to buckle under these political commissars—many otherwise unemployable—and, therefore, embarrassing to realize that mature and well-meaning faculty…
Freedom of Association Trumps Academic Freedom
…ready to defend freedom of expression and conscience for students and faculty nationwide, just as we have always done. But while we defend the rights of individual students and faculty,…
Foreign Strings Attached
…October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, American colleges and universities exploded in pro-Palestinian protests. Claims of Israel committing genocide in Gaza spread quickly, especially on campuses. Faculty and students fueled…
Kennesaw State Uses Georgia Taxpayers as Useful Idiots for ‘Inclusive Excellence’
…same old DEI under a shiny new banner. While Toson was the Interim Chief Diversity Officer in 2021, faculty, staff, and students were invited to a six-week “Check Your Privilege”…
Zero Republican Professors Found in Six Humanities Departments at UNC Chapel Hill
…as curriculum vitae and research papers, to match names with registrations. The Fix only looked at professors, not lecturers, adjuncts, or emeriti faculty. In some cases, The Fix compared a…
Zero Republicans Found in Seven Humanities Departments at NC State University
…the problems with an ideological monoculture amongst faculty,” according to Porter, who teaches in the College of Education. “Not only does it affect academic disciplines, but the university atmosphere as…
Federal Overreach is Threatening Innovation in Online Education
…their students, as it restricts available edtech options that meet the requirements, reduces faculty members’ willingness to incorporate new materials/tools for fear of administrative load or effort to gain compliance,…
Review of “Chronicle’s” AI Guide
…correct. They are, essentially, “mathing,” says Lance Eaton, the director of faculty development and innovation at College Unbound. (It should be noted that much of this “mathing” is a black…
Penn’s Shameful Sanction of Amy Wax: A Blow to Free Speech and Academic Freedom
…University presidents have tended to accede to the demands of leftist faculty and students in order to maintain campus peace. But in doing so, they violate behavioral norms expected in…
Closures are Decimating Higher Ed. But Your Campus Needn’t Succumb
…people are passing on college—and why so many campuses are hurting as a result. Unfortunately, these campus closures come at a price—for students, for faculty and staff, for communities, and…
Conservative Professor Gets Threats After Contributing to Project 2025
…leaning left,’ said Casey O’Donnell, an MSU associate professor in the Department of Media and Information. ‘Clearly, this is something the professor has done research on, and what faculty members…
The Trouble with Three-Letter Acronyms
…a member of a small group of Appalachian College Association administrators who developed and conducted several week-long summer faculty development programs using this framework. “Inclusion” was a precursor to “diversity”;…
What Happens to Academia When Ideas Become Taboo?
…in academia. The study analyzed the responses of 470 faculty members from 133 top U.S. universities and psychology graduate programs. The professors were presented with 10 taboo conclusions to questions…
OPINION: Kennesaw State’s Costly Equity-Styled Salary Overhaul
Author’s Note: Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge that the following misfortune for Georgia taxpayers could not have happened to a more deserving group of faculty members. Furthermore,…
Professor Alleges “Widespread” Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington
…Chadwick Allan, whose job involves facilitating “inclusive faculty searches.” In her remarks, Fine accused Allen of “bullying junior faculty members” on the search committee into reranking the candidates. Other administrators,…
Sam Abrams is Neck-Deep in Mire at Sarah Lawrence College
…same priority list. The bias, Abrams suggests, is blatant—Jewish faculty and students are left unprotected, their complaints pushed aside, even in the face of targeted harassment. As for me, I…
Trustees, Don’t be Empty Suits
…reward any professors whose research is a form of advocacy, not scholarship. Such actions will be denounced by the faculty and by national guilds. Trustees should expect to be criticized…
Law Schools Must Create a Culture That Promotes Viewpoint Diversity. Here’s How.
…commitment to engagement across ideological divides in practice, faculty, students, and alumni should ask hard questions about the following six institutional characteristics: the ideological composition of the faculty; the law…
The Courts Must Take Action on Educational Malpractice
…those issues. However the current ideological indoctrination crisis is at least equally if not more compelling. Faculty and other educational positions across the country are requiring statements regarding how prospective…
The Dangerous Evolution of Cancel Culture
…cue from faculty and administrators—to cancel faculty who hold views they disagree with. I encountered this personally during the most recent course interview week at Sarah Lawrence College, during which…
“Techne”: The Future Students—and Parents—Want
…would almost not overlap with techne data track. A techne software track is another natural choice. It would be popular and include some faculty and courses in common with techne…
A World Without Heroes
…not an option for his lesser compensated faculty and staff—leaves many questions unanswered. I don’t have any questions—it seems pretty clear that taxpayer funds were wasted and that political celibacy…
Why We Should Free Literary Study from Marxist Proponents
…that an increasing number of faculty members now identify as far-left and that these lopsided ideologies have found a home in English departments nationwide. As a daughter of Soviet immigrants…
Ending the Leftist Think Monopoly on Campus
For learning and discovery communities to flourish, there has to be a diversity of ideas that are explored and debated, with multiple perspectives discussed civilly by veteran scholars—the faculty—as well…