Mar 27, 2026

Florida’s Intellectual Lifeboats

The Hamilton School’s new Ph.D. programs provide hope to education reformers.

The Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida has just established two Ph.D. programs: “History of Ideas” and “War, Statecraft and Strategy.” I believe these…

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Mar 26, 2026

What Is TransparUNCy Up To?

Earlier this year, Inside Higher Ed ran a puff profile of “TransparUNCy,” the unpronounceable left-leaning organization that has lately become one of the University of North Carolina’s “most effective watchdogs.”…

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Mar 25, 2026

Why My AI Writing Assignment Failed

AI is here to stay, the experts say. Don’t fight it. Embrace it and give students a legitimate way to use AI in their writing. I’ve heard those claims since…

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Mar 24, 2026

America Shouldn’t Educate Our Adversaries

On Wednesday, March 18, during the third week of the war with Iran, the New York Post broke a striking higher-education story. According to the report, the children of six…

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Mar 23, 2026

“Yes” to Cameras in the Classroom

News recently came out of Chapel Hill that the flagship campus of the University of North Carolina had adopted a new policy that allowed administrators to record class proceedings at…

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Mar 20, 2026

The Pros and Cons of Short-Term Pell Grants

As a general rule, when the government intervenes in free economic transactions in a market, it distorts that market and makes people worse off. We might not see such negative…

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Mar 19, 2026

From Elite University to National Brand

One of the wealthiest and most prestigious universities in the country is moving to establish campuses in Florida, California, and New York. Vanderbilt University is pursuing national expansion to grow…

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Mar 18, 2026

Higher Ed’s New Human-Subjects Problem

Intellectual rot within universities has become increasingly obvious. It stems from the widespread adoption of critical, feminist, and queer theories in academic work. The result has been a constant stream…

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Mar 16, 2026

Transparency Requires More Than Half a Syllabus

The UNC System’s new policy requiring public posting of faculty syllabi is grounded in a sound principle: Taxpayers deserve to know what is being taught at their public universities. Greater…

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