October 2021
Education Book Discussion featuring Kenny Xu
On Thursday, October 7th, join the Martin Center as we welcome author and Asian-American activist Kenny Xu for a virtual talk entitled "Asian-Americans and Meritocracy: Why They Succeed, and Why the Woke Can't Stand Them." Xu's presentation is the first in the Martin Center's bi-monthly series of talks with authors of books about higher education. Kenny Xu's An Inconvenient Minority sold out the first printing in two days and was highly ranked in the category of…
Find out more »Dubious Expediencies: How Short-term Thinking on Race Has Caused Long-term Problems in Higher Education
Save the date! The Martin Center will hold its annual policy banquet on Friday, October 29th—this year featuring Professor Gail Heriot—to discuss the "dubious expediency" of racial preferences. Tickets will be available soon! Please check back for more information. The event is based on ideas discussed in a book of the same name. You may find A Dubious Expediency: How Racial Preferences Damage Higher Education, edited by Gail Heriot and Maimon Schwarzchild, on Amazon.
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