Month: August 2025

A Case for Integrating a Christian Worldview in the Science Classroom

The Fall 2025 semester has commenced at universities throughout the U.S. Many new and returning students will pursue a course of study in various STEM-related fields. I teach chemistry to two separate STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Math) cohorts. One is made up of students preparing for careers in medicine, forensics, marine biology, and graduate […]

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In Medical Schools, Weight Loss Is Out—Weight Inclusivity Is In

Through the ages, humanity’s perception of weight has shifted drastically. In the 18th century, circuses brazenly boasted obese individuals as “attractions,” while later etiquette advised more tact, famously instructing: “never tell a lady she’s fat.” Today, obesity has been recast as a social justice issue, with the left treating body size as a symbol of […]

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AAUP President Embraces ‘Militant Action,’ Betrays Founding Mission

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) once stood as the guardian of higher education’s integrity. When it was founded in 1915, its mission was simple yet profound: protect academic freedom, defend tenure, and ensure that scholarship—not politics—guided the work of faculty. For generations, it provided a vital buffer against political intimidation, ensuring that the […]

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Young Americans Are Right to Be Angry—But Their Education Keeps the Cycle of Frustration Going

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. On Tuesday, I […]

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Federal Anti-DEI Guidelines Must Be Enforced Locally—State Attorneys General Should Step Up

On March 19th, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) released guidance affirming that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) related discrimination is unlawful, citing the landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinion Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) as authority and support.  The guidance marked a […]

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Iran’s Man Departs Princeton—Its President Should Go Too

Few sectors of American life are as toxic and dysfunctional as higher education, and yet sometimes delicious rectification happens, and it is a time to savor. American universities are starting to crack under pressure—from growing public skepticism about higher education, outside activism, and the Trump administration’s push to stamp out both anti-Semitism and unconstitutional “diversity, […]

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Punk Rockers Echo Campus Anti-Israel Fervor, Alienating Jewish Fans

It started out as a concert like any other. Music blasted through stacked speakers, the Old Town School of Folk Music logo emblazoned on flags hanging from the top of the stage, billowing in the breeze like a war banner. People stood around, drunk, happy, and dancing. In the crowd, I stood with my friends, […]

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The Irreproducibility Crisis Is Producing an Irresponsibility Crisis in Government

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on RealClear Science on August 19, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The irreproducibility crisis of modern science—the failure of large proportions of scientific research to produce true results—just keeps on going. In November, a survey of 1,924 biomedical […]

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An Incoming Student’s Guide to University Fees

Whether you’re a U.S. student studying close to home or an international student arriving in the States for a semester overseas, knowing that you have your finances in order is key to alleviating study anxiety and ensuring you’re well-prepared to live comfortably away from home. Getting started on your student budget means first identifying exactly […]

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Empathizing with History’s Worst Is Hard. But a Quality Education Was Never Meant to Be Easy

When I arrived at Vanderbilt Divinity School in 1994, I enrolled in a class that caught my eye: “Theology and the Nazi State,” taught by Jack Forstman. Given my family’s hasty departure from the Third Reich in the late 1930s, and my own interest in theology, I was intrigued. The course turned out to be […]

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A French Professor’s Take on J.K. Rowling and Her Detractors

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on July 3, 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. On June 13, Le Monde, under the […]

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Trump Admin Finds GWU Broke Law ‘by Acting Deliberately Indifferent’ to Anti-Semitism

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on August 18, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. President Donald Trump’s administration has condemned George Washington University for breaking the law by failing to address the harassment of Jewish students on campus. “Today, the […]

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The Price We Pay for Performative Progressivism in Higher Education

“On today’s college campuses, students are not maturing — they’re managing. Beneath a facade of progressive slogans and institutional virtue-signaling lies a quiet psychological crisis, driven by the demands of ideological conformity.” Researchers Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman just published a devastating portrait of undergraduate life at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, “Performative […]

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The Math Standards Ready to Trend on TikTok

There’s an entire TikTok category of videos, Why is Common Core Math Bad. If you go to Instagram, there’s a math teacher who’ll tell you, If you’ve ever tried to read the Common Core’s Standards for Mathematical Practices, they’re almost impossible for math teachers to understand … and that means that students, parents, and administrators […]

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Academic Rigor Sticks When Students Feel Seen, Known, and Valued—Men Especially

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on RealClear Education on August 15, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. When the semester begins, my classroom fills with anticipation and nerves—mine included. Every term offers a chance to start fresh, build habits, and forge relationships […]

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Short Take: Undoing Generational Damage Requires Generational Work

Back in April, in a piece titled “The Horse, My Contributor, Is Dead,” I warned that we at Minding the Campus risked treading water by hammering the same points about “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), wokeness, and campus anti-Semitism. Those truths are vital—but endlessly repeating them without fresh angles or deeper reporting amounts to beating […]

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The Education Department’s Own Guidance Pushes Ideology into Schools. It Needs to Check Itself

The non-regulatory guidance for Title IV, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 provides state and local educational agencies with information on the allowable use of federal funds. It is not legally binding, but it amounts to an unofficial endorsement by the Department of Education (ED)—no matter how much the agency […]

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Long Live the Liberal Arts

Years ago, at an event attended by local political and business leaders, a major real estate developer expressed shock and disbelief that I, a professor who is not a Marxist, worked in academia. He declared to me in front of everyone at the table that “real power is in business,” to which I replied that […]

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The Damage from DEI Will Last a Generation. Eradicating It Is Still Essential

The Trump administration’s efforts to roll back “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) on college and university campuses have gotten a lot of attention, and rightly so. There has also been significant pushback, with many institutions simply faking compliance by renaming their DEI departments while pursuing the same Marxist agenda. Still, I think conservatives can be […]

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Brianna Moore and the Campus Ideology That Failed Her Child

At just 19, Brianna Moore faces trial for the aggravated manslaughter of her newborn daughter—a tragedy born from a worldview, cultivated on too many campuses, that strips life of its worth. Last October, in the privacy of her dorm bathroom, Moore delivered a baby girl. Minutes later, she suffocated the child, wrapped her in a […]

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Professors Ask If Meat Allergy Ticks Should Be Set Loose To Save Earth

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on August 14, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Two bioethics professors at Western Michigan University are exploring a controversial thought experiment: Should spreading a debilitating meat allergy be morally required if eating meat is […]

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Short Take: The Peak—and Decline—of Wokism

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on April 16, 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. Hollywood was in a frenzy. The Césars […]

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CACREP Wields Monopolistic Power over the Counseling Profession

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on Diogenes in Exile on May 12, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. This is part one of a series. CACREP’s Gold Standard or Legal Overreach? The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) […]

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Merit Means Nothing if Opportunity Can Be Bought

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. In March 2019, […]

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How the Draft Extends University Control Over Student Athletes

Imagine graduating from college, diploma in hand, ready to embark on your career. But instead of interviewing with multiple companies and choosing the best fit, you’re drafted by a single employer based on their needs and your ranking. No negotiation, no choice—just assignment. This scenario, absurd in most professions, is the reality for many collegiate […]

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Princeton President Melts Down, Rejects Responsibility for Campus Anti-Semitism

When Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber turned on his fellow university leaders at an April panel discussion, all but accusing Vanderbilt and Washington University chancellors of “carrying water for the Trump administration,” he revealed the dangerous delusion gripping elite academia. His outburst at the Association of American Universities (AAU) meeting wasn’t just poor form; it was a […]

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We’ve Reached the Summer of 1775

Our American Revolution series has reached the tense summer of 1775—a time when the Continental Congress was doing two things at once: sending polite petitions to King George III and loading muskets for battle. In our latest installment, we cover the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, which laid out why […]

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Are Faculty Senates Facing a Shareholder Takeover?

Texas lawmakers this year introduced Senate Bill 37 and recently ratified it as an Act, “relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, the powers and duties of a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment […]

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Short Take: The 2025 AAUP Ignores the 1915 AAUP’s Warning

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is a union and membership organization for faculty. Among its missions is to “define fundamental professional values and standards” in part as a defense against outside interference. They’ve failed that part of their mission. The AAUP has long been a typical left-wing organization—see the 2015 essay, “The AAUP […]

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College ‘Discussion’ Boards Are Killing Real Debate—Time to Pull the Plug on Post-and-Reply

The discussion board has become a default communication tool in online and hybrid courses, and even in many in-person classes. Many of these discussions follow a predictable formula: “Post once. Reply to two peers. Minimum 300 words. Replies must be substantial.” What once promised dialogue and reflection now more often promotes checkbox engagement. Why are we […]

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