Unpacking the Conspiracy of ‘Saving Democracy’
…Philippe C. Schmitter and Terry Lynn Karl, is: [A] system of governance in which rulers are held accountable for their actions in the public realm by citizens, acting indirectly through…
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Law Schools Must Create a Culture That Promotes Viewpoint Diversity. Here’s How.
…including the 2016 election, Trump’s immigration policies, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Supreme Court’s decisions on abortion and affirmative action. When deans convey institutional stances on complex disputes, they chill…
The Courts Must Take Action on Educational Malpractice
When members of the U.S. Supreme Court return from their three-month vacation this October, they will hear several major education-related cases. Issues on the docket include Biden’s income-driven student loan…
Ending the Leftist Think Monopoly on Campus
…Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail—and some post-tenure review of faculty performance. Its final fate awaits House legislative action, probably after the election. University presidents seem…
Why Are Race-Based Scholarships and Programs Suddenly Under Attack?
…recently to deal with the pretend phenomena known as “systemic racism” and “white privilege.” Such racist, utopian scheming used to be called “affirmative action,” an innocuous term designed to conceal…
Grade Inflation Is the New Affirmative Action
…Affirmative action, irrespective of one’s opinion about its efficacy or necessity, never escaped the popular opinion that it “mismatched” underqualified applicants to selective colleges. Some black and Latino students have…
Biden Administration Prods Universities to Restrict Speech, In Investigation of Drexel University
…of the incidents reported to it, the University’s actions were limited to addressing each incident on an individual basis, instead of responding to the accumulation of evidence of a hostile…
DEI’s Inevitable Descent into Legal Trouble
…the school’s DEI action plan and supports MIT’s systemwide Strategic Action Plan for Belonging, Achievement, and Composition. The school’s DEI action plan proposes, among other lofty goals: giving additional support…
Venezuela and the Current Crisis of Western Civilization: A Civics Lesson on Our Right to Negative Logic
…insist that there be definitive evidence against any individual accused of a crime. Now, in a minimally honest and anti-tyrannical democracy, when we consider any action, report, or decree emanating…
I Grew Up in Black America. DEI Is Not About Equality.
…movement began to gain traction among many black students, leading some to target their white peers without cause. Their demands and goals were met then and continue to be addressed…
Marquette Silent on Trump Assassination Attempt, Yet Vocal on January 6th, Affirmative Action, and DACA
…the January 6th riot. In response to the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action, they released a statement sharing that they joined an amicus brief encouraging the court to uphold…
Women Lead Campus Protests, Men Outperform in Civic Literacy
…action. This is a sharp change from the past cases of mass student movements where men tended to dominate campus unrest in the past. As a professor who regularly deals…
Psychology Has Been Overtaken by a Dangerous and Pervasive Ideology
…declares that in critical theories, “research is viewed as a political endeavor that should facilitate social action.” The book does not challenge this stance. This is the same ideology that…
Psychology Has Lost Its Credibility
…facilitate social action to benefit the powerless in society. Further, it accuses the research process from other paradigms of silencing less powerful groups in society. You don’t see any rebuke…
Biden Administration’s ‘Anti-Harassment’ Mandate to Colleges Tells Them to Violate the First Amendment
…campus protests in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. The agreements indicate official dissatisfaction with how the schools managed responses to the protests and require stronger action…
‘Teaching Sociology’ Is an Ideological Nightmare
…inequality” are among the descriptives commonly encountered in this literature. One representative article (“Help Me See the ‘Magnificent’ Side of Sociology: The Outcomes of a Community Action and Involvement Course…
Safetyism and the Tentifada: Modern Campus Protests Undermine Intellectual Rigor and Erode Higher Education
…fit for the social media age all the signature elements that identify their cause for concern. As posited by Haidt and Lukianoff, the ultimate cause of the vitriolic reaction is…
Shaun Harper Has a Plan to Save DEI. It Includes Eradicating Dissenters.
…and the University of North Carolina. Given my support for the Court’s decision, I was particularly interested in Harper’s response, in which he suggested 13 action points to attract underrepresented…
Supreme Court’s Chevron Ruling Is a Major Victory for American Higher Education
…prevailing since 1984. In the Chevron case, the Court dramatically curtailed the power of courts to rein in the actions of independent agencies and executive departments to overturn federal administrative…
Social Dualism and the Problem of Archaic Inequality—Part I
…of characteristics. “A Piece of the Action” (1968), an episode from season two of Star Trek, unveils a dualistic society as a planet governed by two mafias styled after Chicago…
Stephens Must Save Ohio Colleges from Radical Ideology of DEI
…legislative action. We implore Stephens to let the democratic process unfold and allow the House to vote on this needed reform. Many other states have enacted restrictions on DEI activities….
Trusting the ‘Experts’ is Risky Business
…research will not only serve as a resource for educators, healthcare providers, and parents to take immediate action in the pursuit of creating a healthier and happier future for our…
MIT union ignored Jewish members’ objection to Israel boycott: federal complaint
…against the Graduate Students Union. The National Right to Work Foundation told The College Fix there are several routes the EEOC could take. The EEOC can “either take legal action…
Harvard’s ‘Abysmal’ Year Continues
…of “conscious action that would seriously harm the University and its independence.” However, he and any like-minded colleagues should realize they are harming Harvard. As Dean of Social Science at…
To D.C. Hopefuls: What Your Poli Sci Prof May Not Have Taught You
…This milieu is intricately involved in transforming ideas into action through a three-stage process: analysis, translation, and implementation. In the analysis stage, ideas undergo scrutiny and refinement through policy development…
An Action They Never Committed
…turned away from what Gray considered the “prudent” approach. A patriot who styled himself “Cincinnatus” described the faction that favored paying the teamail as a “little host of unthinking merchants,…
LA Community College District Institutes DEIA Confessionals
…but action to promote DEI is expected. Most benign of the compelled actions include “minoritized student” mentoring and service to “minoritized groups.” Less benign are the re-education efforts, otherwise known…
What I Learned from Being Charged with Blasphemy at the Air Force Academy
…Unitarians, we would have to arrange for transportation into town each Sunday morning. Interestingly, a class action suit against all three federal military academies filed the following year ended compulsory…
How I Introduced My Students to Personal Finance
…plan of action. Richard N. Bolles’s What Color Is Your Parachute? is an excellent source for this assignment—in a few instances, students complained to me that they had trouble completing…
Reviving the Conscious Presence of the Social Contract in America
…compass guiding our actions and shaping our destiny. At its core, the social contract embodies the principles of mutual respect, equality, and civic responsibility. It is a pact that transcends…