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Radicals don’t actually dominate academia. Most professors are just esoteric nerds.
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (702+ words) Over the past few decades, trust in academia and higher education has been on a steady decline. Public sentiment about academia seems to only grow more hostile, as the institution’s image is tarnished by accusations of propagating radical ideologies while…...
The Fading Values Of Academia
10+ hour, 52+ min ago (1309+ words) Universities have more technology, more publications, more data and more ways to measure achievement than ever before. But progress in tools does not necessarily mean progress in values. When research becomes a race for numbers, teaching becomes paperwork, reading becomes…...
As SC State continues to grow, so does some professors’ frustration with university leaders
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (857+ words) S.C. State University President Alexander Conyers, pictured in 2023, was censured by the university’s Faculty Senate late last month. ORANGEBURG — S.C. State University has been on the upswing over the past several years, with enrollment surging, state funding flowing, national accolades…...
Opinion: 'Diversity, equity and inclusion' don't substitute for achievement
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (366+ words) In the strict legal and moral senses the administration is right. Government should be color-blind in dealing with individuals. That's equality under the law. But of course the country continues to suffer vast economic and social inequality, especially regarding race…...
Christopher Dummitt: Racism accusations can’t stifle the truth about diversity
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (544+ words) The data says that diversity quotas reduce excellence. Critics have responded not by producing alternate data, but by lobbing insults In a Macdonald-Laurier Institute report published last week, authors Eric Kaufmann, Leif Rasmussen and Jonah Davids dare to ask what…...
Fear grips red-state faculty facing armed intimidation and death threats in classrooms
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (322+ words) A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education, with some fearing for their physical safety.The annual survey from the American Association of University Professors included an open-ended…...
How I See It: Intellectual Diversity (And Some Discontents)
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (77+ words) Dean of UCI School of Humanities on the growing debate over "intellectual diversity" in higher education Musa Al-Gharbi, We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of A New Elite (Princeton University Press, 2024). Neil Gross, Why Are Professors Liberal and…...
After 13 years, university reform is on the ballot
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (930+ words) A fact of life in New Mexico is universities often have terrible leaders. This should surprise no one. University regents don't have to be smart or responsible, only politically connected to one person — the governor. Voters at last have a…...
UC Berkeley Law discriminated against white, Asian students, gave black applicants 6x higher admissions odds: DOJ | The Post Millennial
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (566+ words) UC Berkeley Law discriminated against white, Asian students, gave black applicants 6x higher admissions odds: DOJ thepostmillennial.com...
How American Universities Get Around the DEI Backlash
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (128+ words) The Economist: “University students have long delighted in fashionable slang. Now their administrators are joining in. Amid a growing backlash against ‘woke’ programmes for minority students, campus leaders are finding new names for their diversity, equity and inclusion offices—ditching…...