Digital-reporting systems on college campuses are not a new concept. Yet they are currently being manipulated, even exploited, to fuel a campus culture in which peers and even faculty patrol … Continue reading ““Bias” Reporting as Social-Credit Scheme”
Step inside any gym and you’ll likely see a familiar sight: regular gym buffs, for whom the gym is a second home, using the workout machines with ease. You will … Continue reading “The College Classroom Can Be a Judgment-Free Zone”
“Mental health” has become a catchphrase of our time. In 1976, Raymond Williams, the British literary scholar, published Keywords, in which he analyzed nearly 200 words that, in his view, … Continue reading “The Utopianism of ‘Mental Health’”
Ancient and medieval astronomers could not explain the apparent movements of the heavenly bodies while shackled to a Ptolemaic paradigm of an Earth-centered universe. Thus they spun out ad hoc … Continue reading “Campus “Anti-Racism” Is a Degenerating Research Program”
The North Carolina Senate has proposed a perfect recipe for corruption: Start with $1.425 billion of taxpayer money, stir in concentrated political power, and add a lack of public oversight … Continue reading “NCInnovation’s Public Funding Is a Mistake”
On July 7, UNC-Chapel Hill announced a policy change. Beginning in 2024, the UNC System’s flagship will waive tuition and fees for in-state students whose family income is below or … Continue reading “Understanding Chapel Hill’s Tuition Giveaway”
Has the U.S. Supreme Court just ruined the college experience? If you ask President Joe Biden’s administration, the answer is yes. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says America has reached “a … Continue reading “Colleges Should Ignore the Biden Administration’s Post-Affirmative-Action Sniping”
Duke University graduate students’ years-long effort to unionize is a microcosm of a growing national trend that is splintering opinion about the form and future of a traditional academic province. … Continue reading “A Successful Grad-Student Unionization Effort at Duke”
In theory, university accrediting bodies are supposed to monitor academic quality. However, they are not always good at their jobs. As recent Martin Center coverage has argued, accreditors often have … Continue reading “Accreditors Should Work Harder to Include the Public”
The Obama administration’s efforts to use Title IX to pressure universities to crack down on campus sexual assault transformed higher-education law. To date, 512 accused students have filed federal lawsuits … Continue reading “Do Title IX Proceedings Count as Legal Processes, or Don’t They?”