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Leftists would have us believe that the Founders were a bunch of greedy white racists whose only concern in establishing the United States was to...
In a few states, schools and programs focused on teaching civics have arisen, giving students an alternative to the steady drumbeat of America-bashing...
Many who reject progressive ideology embrace the concept of great books education as a counter to the leftist project of getting students to hate our...
Most students these days are tempted to use artificial intelligence to do their work for them, merely cutting and pasting what they see on their...
When it was announced a few years ago that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was going to create the School for Civic Life and...
There’s an old saying that goes: “an idea so ridiculous only an academic could believe it.” It seems to apply frequently as more professors sink...
Several foreign governments have invested heavily in our colleges and universities, intent on influencing students and the public in general into...
When the Supreme Court ruled against race-based college admissions in 2023, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that it was time to eliminate racial...
“Disparate impact” is the idea that when normal, rational processes of hiring and promotion don’t yield exactly the right percentages of people...
For some absurd reason, Americans came to believe that college education was for the smart kids and occupational training for the rest. Colleges...
Not so very long ago — say, the 1960s — colleges and universities ran pretty lean operations. Professors devoted most of their time to teaching,...
Many progressive academics are forever griping about unjust privileges and hierarchies in society — bad stuff that they’re out to change! Ah, but...
So many academic fields have become saturated with leftist indoctrination, with professors presenting questionable if not downright ridiculous notions...
The left’s “long march” through our institutions has had dramatic effects in higher education, with many once serious fields of study reduced to...
American college students have the right to speak. Sometimes that right comes under attack, as with the infamous speech codes, but those codes have...
Accreditation supposedly ensures that colleges and universities are delivering a sound education to their students. It actually hasn’t done that for...
Some of America’s most prestigious colleges and universities seem to be waking up to the fact that they have drifted far away from their educational...
The leaders of many American colleges and universities have long shown that they have no backbone when it comes to opposing radical elements who want...
The country has a number of schools of public policy, which supposedly graduate savvy young men and women who will bring expertise to government...
For decades, our higher education leaders have generally ignored the criticisms coming from the right. They were certain that our colleges and...
Amid the pomp and circumstance of college graduation ceremonies, students have to sit through a speech. These days, the person giving that speech is...
English departments across the land have fallen into a swamp of ideological conformity. Moreover, lots of professors have decided to stop teaching...
Artificial intelligence has many beneficial uses, but at least one terrible downside is that it makes cheating easier for students who merely want a...
These days, numerous leftist intellectuals ply their trade in the following manner: They hunt for anything that might be construed to show that their...
What does an army do when it’s badly outnumbered? Answer: Choose the battlefield carefully to offset the enemy’s strength. In today’s Martin...
In his latest Bastiat’s Window post, Bob Graboyes looks at the infamous Tuskegee Experiment, where government officials treated individuals as...
Among the many institutions that have been captured during the left’s “long march” is the American Bar Association (ABA), which now is more...
As the Martin Center has been arguing for its entire existence, American higher ed costs far too much and delivers far too little benefit — thanks...
F. A. Hayek famously argued that among the defects of totalitarian government is that the worst people tend to seek and get the reins of power. In...
College professors often lament that many of their students have little interest in learning, but are in college just because they need a credential...
One of the current scams in higher education is claiming accommodation for your “disability.” Students who get this are given additional time on...
The days of worrying about the population explosion seem to be over; now, we’re facing the unpleasant prospect of a shrinking population as more and...
By now, almost everyone understands that college students are turning to Artificial Intelligence to do their written work. That’s a serious problem....
As I have long argued, it was a huge mistake for the federal government ever to begin financing higher education. The results have been terrible —...
For many young Americans, schooling and credentials matter, but actual education is an afterthought. They have many other things they’d rather do...
It wasn’t long ago that most young Americans automatically went to college. Not going to college was regarded as a stigma and a guarantee of...
It wasn't so many years ago that higher education was a growth industry. Going to college was an expectation among most American students, and...
Many of our college students these days are so certain of their moral rectitude that they protest campus speakers before having heard what the...
For more than a century, American students interested in post-secondary education had a choice between the good old bachelor’s degree, which took...
Azar Nafisi, an expatriate Iranian author, dared to have a mind of her own in a country where the law demanded that she conform to official...
Our education system has been undermined in numerous ways and among them is that many students have very poor attention spans. They can’t read books...
It used to be the case that our educational institutions focused on teaching students truth and how to find it. But over the last 50 years or so, many...
For decades, many American academics have been obsessed with diversity — meaning “diversity” with regard to race, to be accomplished through...
College leaders love spending money. Since they run nonprofit institutions, they don’t worry about “bottom line” efficiency, but instead about...
For decades, vitriolic speech from leftists has been tolerated — just one of those things. Calling those who disagree with them Nazis, racists, etc....
One of the worst blunders in American history was the decision to let the federal government get into the business of financing higher education. The...
Harvard has become known as the poster child for grade inflation. An A is by far the most common grade, while anything below a B is very rare. The...
The old regime in college sports — where players were supposed to be pure amateurs and dirty old money was kept — was nonsensical. The Supreme...
Harvard University was once a highly respected academic institution where, it was assumed, students could receive a superior education. But it has...
Among the serious problems with American higher education is that faculty members often hide the true nature of their courses. They’re eager to...