How UT-Austin Administrators Destroyed an Intellectual Diversity Initiative
"Universities no longer even maintain the pretense of dispassionate rational and free inquiry, focusing instead on a particularly toxic and frankly absurd form of 'social-justice' activism, increasingly even in the hard sciences. Why does this situation persist? Here, I can contribute to our understanding, having had a front-row seat to perhaps the most spectacular failure of a higher-education reform effort in recent memory: the 'Liberty Institute' at the University of Texas at Austin." - The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 7/1/22
GW defends Thomas appointment amid calls for removal from law school
"George Washington University rejected calls to remove Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from its law school faculty by students and others frustratedover the judge’s vote to overturn Roe v. Wade and his urging to reconsider other landmark civil rights cases. In a message to the campus this week, officials defended Thomas, who has lectured at the law school since 2011." - Washington Post, 7/1/22
Va. Community College System Board Pressured by Governor
"The board of the Virginia Community College System agreed Wednesday to add a representative of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration to the search committee for a new chancellor. The move came after Youngkin told board members to include his administration in the search process or resign, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Youngkin has been pushing to be involved in the search for several months." - Inside Higher Ed, 7/1/22
Mills Becomes a Part of Northeastern
"Mills College officially becomes part of Northeastern University today. The merger was first announced last June, and it was opposed by some students and faculty at Mills. Current Mills students can graduate from Mills or transfer to Northeastern at no expense. Mills, historically a women’s college, will become 'gender inclusive.'" - Inside Higher Ed, 7/1/22
Repairing the Road for Returning Students
"To stabilize enrollment and ensure their long-term viability going forward, institutions of higher education must look beyond the declining pool of first-time, full-time learners and place their focus on the estimated 36 million students in the U.S. with some college credit but no degree. This is also a social and economic justice imperative at a time when an increasing number of new jobs require education or training beyond high school—yet individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately represented in low-wage career paths." - Inside Higher Ed, 7/1/22
Abortion Is a Higher-Ed Issue
"Let’s be clear: Abortion is a higher-ed issue. Most abortions in the U.S. are provided to women in their 20s, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Women aged 20 to 24 accounted for 28 percent of abortions, while those aged 25 to 29 accounted for 29 percent. ... Abortion makes it possible for students to pursue, and complete, higher education. Research has shown that the 'most common reason' young people drop out of college is unplanned pregnancy." - Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/30/22
Montgomery Co. schools revise history curriculum in 4th, 5th grades
"Montgomery County Public Schools’ new social studies framework will expose fourth- and fifth-graders to more American history — particularly Black history — at a younger age. The new curriculum will incorporate anti-bias and anti-racist content and local history about Montgomery County, according to Tracy Oliver-Gary, the district’s social studies supervisor. It was presented to the county school board this week and received unanimous approval." - Washington Post, 6/30/22
Learning From Asian-American Success
"Americans can learn from Asian-American success. Parents should expect more, not less, from their children. Of course, such expectations can go too far. But they need not be overdone to improve academic achievement. Canceling honors classes, moving unprepared students ahead, and implying that Indian-American students should 'play small' is certainly not the answer. Life is not a zero-sum game. The successes of some should inspire others to do better, not fuel bitterness and envy." - City Journal, 6/30/22
Columbia U. Won’t Submit Data to ‘U.S. News’ Rankings After Professor Alleged False Information
"Columbia University will not submit data to U.S. News & World Report for the next edition of its college rankings, the provost announced on Thursday, citing an active institutional review prompted by allegations that the university had provided false data to the magazine. ... Michael Thaddeus, a professor of mathematics at Columbia, this year accused the university of submitting inaccurate information to U.S. News." - Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/30/22
Culture wars cover up economic realities on campus
"'Culture' is often the reason given for campus conflicts over issues such as free speech. But they aren’t really cultural issues; they’re economic ones. As the bad economic news keeps rolling in for U.S. colleges and universities (from the Big Quit and inflationary pressures to the demographic cliff), it’s important to keep in mind that economic realities, not cultural ones, largely underpin volatile campus political dynamics." - The Hill, 6/30/22
Thanks for finally writing about >Why Won’t the Media Review the Campus Rape
Book? | Minding The Campus <Loved it!
“MTC didn’t expect The New York Times to review it since The Times rarely reviews conservative books.”
It’s not a conservative book.
But why should it be reviewed?
For a True Believer there is no possible purpose which is served by reviewing such a work. They already know that the “Due Process” nonsense exists only as a tool of the Patriarchy, an artifact of the Neo- Colonialist, Hegemonic, Misogynistic Power which assaults Womyn by the very fact of its deeply embedded, systemic, and unavoidably perverse oppression.
For a True Believer, sex is rape.
As Bruce Bawer notes in his comprehensive work, The Victim’s Revolution, quoting Andrea Nye’s statement in Words of Power: logic is a tool of male oppression. So why would any True Believer even bother to glance at a logical, scholarly work (by two male rape apologists) which through its defense of Due Process thereby defends Rape & the continuing oppression of Womyn??
Why listen when they’re not telling me what I already know is true?
The sad thing is that this really isn’t a “conservative” book. The authors are not conservatives. They’re writing in a vein that used to be mainstream liberal — an abuse of civil rights by overreaching government officials. Thirty years ago, a book like this would have been celebrated by civil libertarians as an expose of injustice. But now that “liberalism” has completely embraced the notion that we’re in a “rape culture” on college campuses, a book that argues against it has to be shunned.
This illustrates the pathetic decline of liberalism into a crusade for power no matter how badly it tramples on truth and individual rights.
I’d be happy to read the book and interview the authors, but no one contacted me about it. Perhaps that’s because conservative publishers target conservative media. After all, I wrote a book about Donald Trump and it hasn’t gotten any reviews in the mainstream media, and certainly not in the conservative media. How many liberal books has Minding the Campus reviewed? There is certainly a problem where people live in self-created media bubbles, but it’s a problem that crosses all ideologies.
You’re right, Minding the Campus should review left leaning (and right leaning) books.
I’m glad to review it too-not that anyone cares. What media/academic institution do you represent that anyone should care?
The commenter quoted has it mostly right, but not in one crucial respect. The weapon would be useless without willing and eager hands within the universities to wield it. Those hands are more responsible for fashioning the weapon than the hands of the bureaucrats.
Unless and until the actions of the university bias response teams and other faculty and staff dedicated to the proposition that all men are created toxic are correctly understood in Nietzschean terms as will to power, works like Johnson’s and Taylor’s will be ineffective. These people are going to have to be driven from the universities; they will not be argued out of their entrenchments.
I have an eight year old son who shares my dual Canadian / US citizenship. While we are a multiple Ivy league degree household, we will likely look north to Canadian schools for my son’s university education.
While Canadian schools have some of the same social issues challenging US students, they don’t cost tens of thousands of dollars per year. McGill University, ranked higher than most US institutions, costs less than $1,800 US per year for tuition for Quebec residents. You also have far less emphasis on identity politics, and their related personal and dollar costs.
Finally, Canadian schools are far more interested in academic merit-based admissions as the means to limit student populations. US schools often charge more money to set the bar on who can attend, with or without debt, unless the student is a star athlete which in the end does more for the sports program than the individual.
The way we look at it, US schools have become exceedingly expensive day-care facilities and diluted the value and rigor of a university education. We won’t pay for it if we don’t have to.
Have you ever watched Dr. Janice Fiamengo’s posts on YouTube? If you haven’t, you should. Also, Dr. Jordan Peterson’s posts…