Why So Few Conservatives in Higher Ed?
…it that there are quite a lot of conservatives among the ranks of academic economists, but very few in other social sciences, even though many other social sciences employ the…
…it that there are quite a lot of conservatives among the ranks of academic economists, but very few in other social sciences, even though many other social sciences employ the…
…also hosted Nelson Mandela’s grandsons at the school’s annual celebration of social justice, an event that featured one of them insisting, “When the American government supports the Israeli army in…
…religious, social, or economic background…. The mission of Catholic Charities is to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire…
I’ve long believed that the main threat to liberal education—real higher education, in my view—is our tendency to judge the success of academics in technical terms. Too often, social critics…
…enthusiastic welcome on university campuses. The notions of “climate reparations” and more broadly “climate justice” have settled in as things that campus philosophers philosophize about and campus activists activize over….
…should generally be handled by the criminal justice system, not by the kangaroo tribunals universities typically manage. And, second, that some of the examples trotted out as alleged cases of…
…time they graduate. The Bureau of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey, based on reported crimes, put the rate at 1 in 40. Reported crimes inevitably fall short of the actual…
…from literature: they are eliminating the English department. They don’t say this, but by moving English from the Humanities Department to the College of Social Behavior, they are relegating literature…
…to the admission rate of poorer students), it achieves racial diversity … Another feature is that it achieves a very high level of social justice. That is, unlike most universities,…
…The Daily Beast, Kagan understood “the feelings of anxiety and exclusion that the court’s decision has heightened.” (Perhaps Justice Kagan should be viewed as a “wise Jew” analog to Justice…
…of their hookup would affect both of the students’ social standing if word of it spread. In the end, Columbia deemed the accused student a rapist and suspended him for…
…formed by the “city’s” process of socialization. For the latter, education is vocational and civic-minded. For the former, education consists of seeking the truth, and the truth is discovered primarily…
…single-issue movement. This is a space where environmental justice, climate justice, and economic justice have come into contact. We understand that we will not win the fight against the fossil…
…to frame their story. The message? Accusers experienced “frustrated searches for aid and justice from the university,” and this fight prompted the administration’s recent Task Force recommendations and OCR Q&A…
…for? At many student health centers, fees go to promote progressive causes, including social justice, diversity, and an “anything goes” attitude towards sex. Many of the services offered are only…
…ago boldly declared that academic freedom is just an impediment to achieving social justice. This is a species of conformity rooted in carefully nurtured grievances, expressive anger, and a delight…
…Resistance – 25 sections Classics of Social and Political Thought (CSPT) – 16 sections Mind – 8 sections Social Science Inquiry – 5 sections The academic tradeoffs? Compare, for example,…
…our schools of education. If the Common Core goes down there will be many more teachers in our schools supporting the idea of teaching math for “social justice.” (See my…
…a matter of elementary social justice. It would help to reduce the immense prestige premium that a handful of schools have–a form of privilege that those of us who care…
…but the taproot is probably the schools of education that prioritize the pursuit of their version of “social justice” over educating competent teachers. Teachers, of course, vary. Both national teachers’…
…Coleman then reinvented the SAT, thus forcing the colleges to lower their entrance requirements. And this near revolutionary transformation of American education — for “social justice” purposes, according to Wood…
…a Conservative Professor Simultaneously, Adams became a prominent conservative firebrand, writing national columns on social, political, and academic issues for outlets such as TownHall.com. In that vein, Adams authored Welcome…
…not rape). Later, the young woman sued Ludlow himself. In fact, according to the university, Ludlow was denied a raise and an endowed chair, and was warned against one-on-one social…
…for a day of events that included an address from “a social justice and diversity consultant and facilitator.” The theater of the absurd culminated when mainstream students, not unreasonably, protested…
…and watch them fail. But given higher education’s steely commitment to using college admissions to advance its ideas of “social justice,” most colleges will simply lower academic standards across the…
…trigger warning. The trigger-warning vogue began a few years ago on feminist websites, and then spread to other “social justice” blogs. The idea behind them is that for people who…
…or university in the United States. Activate the search engine by plugging in such words as social justice, sustainability, diversity, multiculturalism, sexism, racism, Marx, activist, and identities. Total the references….
…perhaps, because of?) this record, Baker has just been hired by BuzzFeed. Her task will be “to cover criminal justice and other legal and social issues related to college campuses,”…
…its ideas about social justice. The announcement of the changes in the SAT itself is succinct–and friendly, with helpful icons to get across ideas like “documents”– The redesigned SAT will…
Cross-posted from See Thru Edu There is some sort of poetic justice or perfect symmetry in the recent discovery that a Duke University student is paying her tuition by working…