Jul 20, 2026

Bans on “Divisive Concepts” Risk Stifling Speech

Reining in activist excesses is a worthy goal, but poorly defined speech restrictions risk creating new problems.

The growing (though not unanimous) acknowledgement that academia has lost public trust may be increasingly uncontroversial. But identifying remedies to repair that broken trust is proving to be much more…

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Jul 17, 2026

Suicide on Sociology Row

No state matches Florida in higher education reform. Its landmark Senate Bill 266, passed during the 2023 legislative session, abolished DEI offices. It also requires general education reform in state…

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Jul 16, 2026

Restoring a Right at Risk

Universities play—or should play—a critical role helping the next generation of teachers, legislators, judges, and voters understand how to live together in our constitutional republic. For many students, they represent…

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Jul 15, 2026

Rewriting the Rules of Accreditation

Shortly before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, I summarized for the Martin Center the possible reforms to collegiate accreditation his administration might adopt. I divided these conservative reforms into three broad…

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Jul 13, 2026

Will UNCW’s Medical School Solve the Doctor Shortage?

The University of North Carolina Wilmington has initiated an ambitious project to establish a medical school intended to alleviate a severe shortage of physicians in rural and underserved areas of…

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Jul 10, 2026

Harvard Medical School Tries Healing Itself

Harvard Medical School (HMS) has just released the Report of the HMS Open Inquiry Working Group, which contains detailed recommendations for restoring liberty to the school. These recommendations, if put into…

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Jul 9, 2026

Back to School, Decades Later

Imagine walking into an undergraduate philosophy class and finding an 85-year-old retiree debating an 18-year-old freshman. As colleges try to reverse enrollment declines, Goucher College has turned to a surprising…

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Jul 8, 2026

The Intifada Targets Campus Leadership

The leadership of the “Student Intifada,” the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), has escalated its war against normalcy and decency in academia. Its incrementalist approach to taking over…

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Jul 6, 2026

Readying UNC for Another 250 Years of Civic Life

I have always found it inspiring that the University of North Carolina was chartered in 1789—during the same legislative session that ratified the American Constitution. The demands of citizenship were…

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