The Sydney Sweeney American Eagle jean ad—surely you’ve seen it by now. “My jeans are blue,” she says, slipping effortlessly and seductively into a pair of blue jeans. Simple enough, right? Apparently not. The left erupted in outrage—because, apparently, using a double entendre that plays on “genes” and “jeans” in a jeans commercial is being […]
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Duke University’s School of Medicine is preparing to dock the salaries of tenured faculty who fail to bring in enough research grant money—a move that undermines one of academia’s most sacred job protections. Under the policy, basic science professors who fall short of “minimum expectations” for external funding could see their pay reduced to as […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the author’s Substack the Art of Science on August 10, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. On the bookshelf in my academic advisor’s office sits a beautiful burgundy cloth-bound book from the 1890s. With a finely textured […]
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Logic was once a cornerstone of education. Before the 20th century, students studied logic as a standalone subject—a rigorous discipline that honed their ability to reason, spot contradictions, and dissect arguments. In early America, logic held a prominent place in the curriculum. Northern colleges like Harvard prioritized it, with figures like Benjamin Franklin authoring logic […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on Sutherland Institute on August 8, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. You’re about to begin one of the most transformative experiences of your life: your collegiate journey. You’ve earned your seat through talent, persistence, discipline, and resilience. […]
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The National Science Board (NSB) oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) and establishes NSF policy, including the policy prohibiting research misconduct, which includes falsification and plagiarism. Although NSF claimed that plagiarism is a global problem committed by faculty, it opened only 19 cases in 2024, out of 47 reported instances. NSF closed 12 of its […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on RealClear Education on August 8, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. “I’m going to be in debt for my whole f—ing life. How does that even make sense? I signed up for this s— when I was […]
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They toil not, neither do they spin … Summer is the mischief in me—with its evenings steeped in honeyed indolence—and I wonder if I can put a notion in my readers’ heads, or at least a bit of a bias, in favor of idleness. Time was, defending idleness to academicians would have been like bringing […]
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This week, the Trump administration won an important victory in the legal campaign being mounted by universities over funding of scientific research. Part of the Trump administration’s agenda has been reorienting federal support of research toward new priorities, including artificial intelligence (AI), computing infrastructure, and military needs. On April 18th of this year, the National […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the American Spectator on August 4, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. A couple of weeks ago, Steve Moore and I revealed in this space that Census Bureau data shows that native-born Americans are fleeing high-tax states. But […]
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For more than six months, higher education leaders, most notably Ivy League presidents, have bemoaned what they view as threats to their very existence by the Trump Administration. Federal research grants have been reduced or even suspended. Students dependent on federal loans have been told that the terms of the loans are being tightened: for […]
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On Friday, August 1, a Federal District Court in New York gave Trump a win: Judge John P. Cronan allowed the President’s National Science Foundation Directive to remain in effect while being challenged in the court. The Directive terminates research grants for “things like misinformation and diversity, equity and inclusion,” among other subjects. Researchers were […]
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A recent report by Concerned Women for America (CWA) found that over 1,941 women and girls have had to settle for silver in favor of trans-identifying males in the U.S. Using data dating back to the 1980s, the conservative women’s organization found that biological males have competed in more than 10,000 women’s sports events, claimed […]
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Author’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the site. I didn’t think […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the California Globe on August 4, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. In 1871, over five years after the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Ohio Republican Congressman Samuel Shellabarger introduced the KKK Act as “An Act to […]
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The latest Harvard Crimson Faculty of Arts and Sciences survey should be read not as a snapshot of opinion, but as a damning portrait of moral failure. For the second year in a row, most respondents to the survey said they did not observe “systemic antisemitism” at Harvard. In the wake of a year of […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on June 30, 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. France has nearly three million students enrolled […]
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How far is too far at a university graduation? At my graduation from the University of Chicago Divinity School in May 2024, amidst a downpour of punishing proportions, pro-Palestinian students booed President Paul Alivisatos, engaged in call and response chants in the middle of speeches, and then, to my relief, walked out en masse. These […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on August 6, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. “Truth is accessible.” Though George Weigel said this at a Ukrainian university in 2013, it holds true today for universities across the United States. In “Pomp, […]
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According to a 2025 Gen Z Career Prospects Report, which surveyed 1,000 full-time Gen Z workers across the U.S., nearly 23 percent say they regret going to college, and another 19 percent say their degree hasn’t helped them in their career. A separate article published last month affirms the trend, noting that “for a growing […]
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The mental health crisis on college campuses is deepening—and increasingly, it tracks with students’ political affiliation. Multiple studies confirm that liberal students are far more likely than their conservative peers to report anxiety, depression, and psychological distress, and increasingly, to rely on prescription medication to cope. At the heart of this divide is a worldview […]
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Are majors in the liberal arts unprofitable? Are degrees in the fine and performing arts a waste of time and resources? Is going to college for computer science now impractical due to rising unemployment rates? Should we all just become plumbers? Current and near-future college students face a great deal of stress. The gravity of […]
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They number among President Trump’s most dedicated supporters. For decades, they have fought the good fight—on their own time and on their own dime—against politicians and pundits enriched by billions of dollars from the federal government and some of the world’s wealthiest foundations. They endured steady streams of abuse and ridicule from some pundits, journalists, […]
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There are many factors that influence a college student’s decision to choose a two-year school compared to a four-year option. Tuition prices, SAT scores, class flexibility, and whether or not they have yet chosen a major are just some considerations that may influence a student’s higher education selection. Whatever your plan may be, if you […]
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Earlier this month, Baylor University announced that it had refused a grant worth over $600,000 to study the “inclusion” of the LGBTQ+ community in the church. The Texas Baptist college had previously agreed to collaborate with the Baugh Foundation, a progressive Christian organization, on the “Courage from the Margins” project, which would conduct “research to […]
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I recently traveled to Tampa, Florida, for Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) 2025 Chapter Leadership Summit and Student Action Summit, representing Texas State University as the president of its TPUSA chapter. I went to grow in confidence, learn from seasoned conservative activists, and gain the tools to be a stronger advocate for conservative values on campus, […]
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Is college worth it for those who want to pursue creative careers? Not exactly. With rising tuition costs, the argument for such an investment is at best weak. Creative paths do not necessarily require institution-backed credentials or certifications. Those wanting to pursue creative careers might think of getting a degree in Art or Dance, for […]
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Atlantic writer Helen Lewis was recently interviewed by respected journalist Bari Weiss about her provocatively titled new book, The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea. The title is provocative because it contains two fallacies. First, she says, there is no such thing as exceptional talent. Second, argues that the very idea of […]
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In March 2025, the United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with its Secretary-General António Guterres lambasting racism as a “poison” that “continues to infect our world.” Such grandstanding, aside from having the irony of showing the inefficacy of international racism-fighting work for the last six decades, serves as a […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on August 1, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. A proposal by a high-profile conservative organization to fix higher education by enacting reforms at the federal level—basically withholding funding from misbehaving schools—is making the rounds […]
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