Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on May 30, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. A doctoral student at the University of Nebraska (NU) recently orchestrated a drag performance appropriating the Catholic Mass for the final recital of his musical degree. The […]
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On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Professor Kenneth Moss, one of the University of Chicago’s (UChicago) more prominent Jewish historians and a Yiddishist, presided over the anti-Semitism roundtable held at the Franke Institute for the Humanities in Regenstein Library. The room was nearly packed when the roundtable began, with students and faculty attending from all over […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from an article originally published by the Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press on May 21, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. I received my Ph.D. and J.D. from the University of Virginia (UVA). I loved my time at UVA, but I’m concerned the university has become an institution of […]
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The English language is not strong enough, nor are my skills in using it, to fully describe the unmitigated disaster that the federal program of financial assistance for college students has been, especially in the case of student loans. That program has: Incentivized academic mediocrity and penalized academic merit and accomplishment; Materially raised the cost […]
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“Hath not a Jew eyes? … If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” These are not the words of Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s from William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Once upon a time, the “educated” in the Anglophone West would have known this. Sadly, this is […]
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Harvard, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious university, has long set the standard in higher education. For Jewish families, gaining admission has historically been both a symbol of merit and a source of communal pride. But Harvard has also long resisted their inclusion—first through admissions quotas in the early 20th century, and now, once again, […]
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While listening to an online debate about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), I considered writing this essay and a parallel one that I had asked AI to write. The debate delved into the differences of human versus machine language “intelligence,” computational wizardry versus human emotion, and regulation of the AI industry, whether driven by profit and market […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on January 5, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Susan Neiman’s latest book in […]
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The House of Representatives has passed its version of the reconciliation bill, which includes a new accountability system for higher education. Under this system, colleges would be responsible for reimbursing the government for a share of the government losses on loans to their students, with the share being determined by the college’s cost relative to […]
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In recent years, instructors across college campuses have observed a steady decline in students’ adherence to the behavioral norms that once defined the academic environment. Expectations surrounding punctuality, appropriate dress, timely submission of work, and respectful communication have eroded, replaced by a culture in which such standards are often seen as optional, negotiable, or even […]
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In Episode 4 of The Week in Science, Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars, asks whether private philanthropy can rescue science from declining federal support. Before 1950, most scientific research was funded by private donors—not the government. That changed after WWII, when federal agencies like the National Institutes of […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 11, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. In a great burst of […]
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The Trump administration just issued an Executive Order to prohibit accrediting organizations from imposing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies on universities. The Secretary of Education shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, hold accountable, including through denial, monitoring, suspension, or termination of accreditation recognition, accreditors who fail to meet the applicable recognition criteria […]
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Under the guise of student-centered priorities, institutions of higher education have relied on student evaluations of teaching (SETs) as a core component of faculty assessment. These evaluations are typically presented as a means of capturing student feedback to improve instruction and measure teaching effectiveness. However, a growing body of empirical research has revealed that SETs […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from an article originally published by the City Journal on May 20, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. Omar Sultan Haque has spent 23 years at Harvard University. He is furious about what has happened within the school. While the media have framed the recent fight between Harvard […]
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Being a student, for most people, has always meant living on a reduced amount of money. There’s a pride to be had in managing to stick to a budget, or clubbing in with your housemates to make a cheap pasta bake because you can split the cost. Student social nights are also designed with this […]
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With the anticipation of summer, it might be all too easy to forget that May is Military Appreciation Month. But regardless of our anticipated vacation plans and the upheavals we might be facing in our daily news feeds, we do need to acknowledge the selfless commitment our service men and women undergo on a daily […]
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I have been following some great higher education bills in the states this year. Some of the best policies are in Senate Bill 37 in Texas, a sequel to SB 17 that we saw in 2023. The greatness of SB 17 was to ban “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) across public universities in Texas. The […]
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The adoption into law of Utah’s Senate Bill 334, inspired by the General Education Act and co-sponsored by the National Association of Scholars, is a much-needed development. Promoting the values and pillars of our shared tradition, from classical education to the preparation of responsible citizenry, there is much to be grateful for, and we hope that this model propagates everywhere in […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Harvard Salient on May 22, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s styleguidles, it is crossposted here with permission. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) moved to suspend international students’ current and future enrollment at Harvard University, citing serious concerns about national security, institutional noncompliance, and a […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from an article originally published by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal on May 23, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. At one time, most Americans—and virtually all academics—would have agreed with the famous saying, often attributed to […]
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