Harvard’s Former President Responds to Attacks on Elite Colleges
Derek Bok has served as president of Harvard twice, from 1971 to 1991 and again from 2006-07. He has written much about higher education and is by no means a…
Articles by George Leef
The Biden Assault on Grand Canyon University
American presidents have long abused their authority in order to harm their opponents, for instance by having the IRS pursue targeted tax audits against them or having the FCC threaten…
A Black Scholar Who Opposes the “Diversity” Mania
The conventional wisdom among “progressives” is that black Americans must be given preferences in college admissions, hiring, and government contracting because the nation is so suffused with racism that they…
Against the Latest Student-Loan “Forgiveness” Scheme
The Martin Center opposes the Biden administration’s new loan-forgiveness rules for two basic reasons: They are outside of the Department of Education’s authority, and they will have adverse consequences. Legal…
Why Must Social Workers Believe in Leftist Shibboleths?
At nearly all American colleges and universities, the “soft” disciplines have been overrun by “progressives” who insist that their beliefs alone must be taught, whether or not they’re pertinent to…
How We’ve Gone from Institutions of Higher Education to Conformity Colleges
Many Americans realize that our higher-education system is decaying, its standards in decline while costs continue to rise. Is this situation like a tooth with a cavity that can readily…
“Kangaroo Courts” Aren’t Dead at UNC
During the last dozen years or so, one of the more common higher-education stories has been a college or university rushing to judgment against a male student or faculty member…
Zealous DEI Programs Land a University in Court
For the last 20 years or so, many colleges and universities have embraced the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology by hiring administrators to promote it throughout the school. Although…
Should We Teach to Empower Students or to Keep Them as “Sacred Victims”?
Among the many destructive ideas that “progressive” thinking has unleashed on education in America is that it’s unfair to hold students from “underrepresented groups” to the same standards as others.…
CUNY Faculty Take On Their Union
Collective bargaining through a labor union is supposed to “level the playing field” for workers, enabling them to obtain better terms than if they bargained on their own. That is…