Although many colleges and universities today claim to be dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, their policies and practices often violate those principles. Among the most common types of violations … Continue reading “Bridge to Discrimination: Decades of Gender Bias in the UNC System”
Here is a recurring situation on American college and university campuses—an official acts in a way that violates the constitutional rights of students or faculty members, usually by trampling on … Continue reading “College Officials Should be Responsible When They Violate People’s Rights”
Last year, advocates of racial preferences in California, where they’d been banned since 1996, attempted to change the law so that state colleges and universities could again give admission advantages … Continue reading “A Broad and Devastating Offensive Against Racial Preferences”
Last week, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees came under fire for “viewpoint discrimination” over its decision not to offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, who will join … Continue reading “It’s Not About ‘Politics’—The Brouhaha over Nikole Hannah-Jones”
Under the Constitution, the federal government has no power over education, including arrangements that colleges make for student housing and expectations for their conduct on campus. Furthermore, the First Amendment … Continue reading “A Christian College Sues to Protect Its Values Against the Federal Leviathan”
Free speech in higher ed is threatened, and leaders in our academic institutions won’t save it. “Unless reforms come from outside the academy,” writes Eric Kaufmann in The Wall Street Journal, “universities … Continue reading “Did You Know? Survey Paints Grim Picture of Academia, But Signs of Hope”
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”
Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities, a new report by Adam Kissel, examines five of North Carolina’s largest universities – UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, North Carolina State University, Wake Forest … Continue reading “Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities”
I have worked in academic science my entire life and I have never seen any sign of racism, systemic or otherwise. On the contrary, I have seen people go to … Continue reading “Diversity Über Alles: Science Is Threatened by Identity Politics”
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”