The Legal Insurrection Foundation, of which I am the president, has launched a website, criticalrace.org, to provide resources to parents and students regarding Critical Race Training in higher education. The … Continue reading “Exposing Critical Race Training in Higher Education”
The syllabus is such a basic document that most of us tend not to think much about what goes into making one. What are its necessary ingredients? A listing of … Continue reading “What’s in a Syllabus? The Keys to Undoing Academic Freedom, If We’re Not Careful “
A short-lived report quickly torched by the new Biden administration provides a pathway for those who seek to return to a classical structure of higher education. The report, titled the … Continue reading “Did You Know? The 1776 Report—a Half-Done Project”
Penguin Classics is partnering with Disrupt Texts to replace Shakespeare and Homer with Ibram X. Kendi. What is Disrupt Texts? For the uninitiated, it is a new radical movement in classrooms which seeks … Continue reading “Did You Know? Disrupt Texts Is the Latest Attack on the Western Canon”
Higher ed leaders love committees and training sessions. The technocratic mind that rules campus sees a problem and usually decides that the solution is more resources and education. Once the … Continue reading “Why Do UNC Schools Spend Money on Diversity Training That Doesn’t Work?”
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, a number of colleges have cut back their interactions with local police departments and are redesigning their law enforcement programs. The University of … Continue reading “Police Education Is Not Police Training: Virtue Signaling Is Not the Road to Improvement”
After the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed, several departments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have released statements on their intention to fight … Continue reading “Did You Know? 13 UNC Entities Push Out Diversity Statements”
Dear President Price: On June 17, you published a 1,400-word “Statement to the Community Regarding Anti-Racism.” The document contains many expressions of concern, fully in tune with the current national … Continue reading “An Open Letter to Duke President Price about Anti-Racism”
On June 8, interim UNC system president William Roper and chairman of the Board of Governors Randy Ramsey announced the establishment of a race and equity task force. The announcement … Continue reading “UNC’s Attempt to Grapple with ‘History of Racism and Oppression’”
I just finished a fascinating book, The Recovery of the West, by polymath Englishman Michael Roberts. Roberts became famous as a poet, but was trained as a scientist and spent … Continue reading “If All Men are Created Equal, Why Do We Need Grades?”