Higher education’s fundamental mission is the discovery, preservation, and transmission of truth. This endeavor requires unfettered freedom of expression and conscience. The following articles expose illiberal tendencies on American campuses and highlight ways to increase the diversity of the ideas being taught, debated, and discussed on campus.
Huge state deficits and a changing of the political guard mean that public university systems must downsize. The Pope Center provides some criteria for deciding what to cut.
Duke professor Cathy Davidson, nominated for the National Council on the Humanities, is another in a long line of highly questionable Obama appointees.
