Daniel Buck, Author at The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Why the Canon Wars Still Matter

Sep 14, 2022 · Daniel Buck · Comments Off

Like an overlong proxy war, the “canon” skirmishes of the 1980s and ’90s no longer feature in the media, though the conflict persists. As in a battle over this or that town, the ongoing war might manifest as a fight over particular books, but the real disagreement exists between competing visions for humanity and society. … Continue reading “Why the Canon Wars Still Matter”

The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List Oct 7, 2022
Marist College for the last few years has carried forward a project originally conducted by Beloit College in 1998. The idea was to create a profile of topics of concern and cultural benchmarks for students entering their first year of college. It became known as the Mindset List, now the Marist Mindset List, after the … Continue reading “The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List”
In Praise of the Freshman Fifteen Oct 6, 2022
According to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse, students are not accumulating enough credits in their first year of college to graduate in four years. The cohort studied in the report consisted of 342 colleges and more than 905,000 first-year students, examined from fall 2019 to summer 2020. The traditional route for full-time … Continue reading “In Praise of the Freshman Fifteen”
Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville Oct 5, 2022
It’s by now a commonplace story: State universities in “red” states, where most of the voters and legislators dislike progressive ideology, are being infiltrated by administrators and faculty who insist on implementing radically leftist policies and courses. Earlier this year, for example, the Martin Center published this article by Jonathan Small on the ways that … Continue reading “Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville”

The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List Oct 7, 2022
Marist College for the last few years has carried forward a project originally conducted by Beloit College in 1998. The idea was to create a profile of topics of concern and cultural benchmarks for students entering their first year of college. It became known as the Mindset List, now the Marist Mindset List, after the … Continue reading “The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List”
In Praise of the Freshman Fifteen Oct 6, 2022
According to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse, students are not accumulating enough credits in their first year of college to graduate in four years. The cohort studied in the report consisted of 342 colleges and more than 905,000 first-year students, examined from fall 2019 to summer 2020. The traditional route for full-time … Continue reading “In Praise of the Freshman Fifteen”
Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville Oct 5, 2022
It’s by now a commonplace story: State universities in “red” states, where most of the voters and legislators dislike progressive ideology, are being infiltrated by administrators and faculty who insist on implementing radically leftist policies and courses. Earlier this year, for example, the Martin Center published this article by Jonathan Small on the ways that … Continue reading “Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville”

The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List Oct 7, 2022
Marist College for the last few years has carried forward a project originally conducted by Beloit College in 1998. The idea was to create a profile of topics of concern and cultural benchmarks for students entering their first year of college. It became known as the Mindset List, now the Marist Mindset List, after the … Continue reading “The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List”
Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville Oct 5, 2022
It’s by now a commonplace story: State universities in “red” states, where most of the voters and legislators dislike progressive ideology, are being infiltrated by administrators and faculty who insist on implementing radically leftist policies and courses. Earlier this year, for example, the Martin Center published this article by Jonathan Small on the ways that … Continue reading “Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville”
Do American Undergraduates Still Respect Their Professors? Sep 29, 2022
The pandemic has affected numerous aspects of daily life. Included among these are how students and faculty relate and respond to each other on campus. With many classes going virtual and universities dealing with unprecedented circumstances, student and faculty relations may well be expected to have shifted. How students view faculty can tell us many … Continue reading “Do American Undergraduates Still Respect Their Professors?”

The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List Oct 7, 2022
Marist College for the last few years has carried forward a project originally conducted by Beloit College in 1998. The idea was to create a profile of topics of concern and cultural benchmarks for students entering their first year of college. It became known as the Mindset List, now the Marist Mindset List, after the … Continue reading “The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List”
In Praise of the Freshman Fifteen Oct 6, 2022
According to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse, students are not accumulating enough credits in their first year of college to graduate in four years. The cohort studied in the report consisted of 342 colleges and more than 905,000 first-year students, examined from fall 2019 to summer 2020. The traditional route for full-time … Continue reading “In Praise of the Freshman Fifteen”
Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville Oct 5, 2022
It’s by now a commonplace story: State universities in “red” states, where most of the voters and legislators dislike progressive ideology, are being infiltrated by administrators and faculty who insist on implementing radically leftist policies and courses. Earlier this year, for example, the Martin Center published this article by Jonathan Small on the ways that … Continue reading “Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville”

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Why the Canon Wars Still Matter