Day: January 21, 2025

Gender? It Doesn’t Exist

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on December 3, 2024. It was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Our fellow philosopher and contributor to this site, Alexandre Portier, Minister Delegate for Educational Success in […]

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MIT Still Requires DEI Essay of Grad Students After Abandoning Faculty Pledge

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on January 21, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology still requires a diversity, equity and inclusion essay for some students despite banning DEI faculty statements last spring. The requirement by MIT’s Sloan School […]

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Illegal Border Crossings Strain Legal English Language Learner Communities

I have taught non-native English-speaking students and trained teachers to serve these students in various settings for the past 45 years. I believe immigrants enrich our nation, and that is one reason why I went into the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Over the years, I have co-sponsored a refugee […]

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DEI Is Antisemitic

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by PJ Media on December 29, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The foundational idea of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is the Marxist theory that all humanity is divided between oppressors and victims. This class conflict can be […]

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Do Ivy League Degrees Matter for Leadership Success?

Our nation’s political and business leaders spend the crucial years between adolescent dependency and adulthood preparing for the rest of their lives, and colleges and universities are typically an important part of their preparation for leadership. While in college, students learn how to navigate independence from parents, gain leadership skills, acquire important vocationally relevant knowledge, […]

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