Higher education, legacy media, and the broader left have long wielded “anti-discrimination” as both philosophy and policy—not to foster debate, but to silence critics, distort established terms, and advance an anti-Western agenda. Since October 7, anti-Semitism suddenly could no longer be discussed without bringing up “Islamophobia” in the same venue. Leave it to the Ivy […]
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Join the National Association of Scholars on Monday, September 15, at 2:15 p.m. ET for what promises to be a lively discussion on anti-Semitism, violence, and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) in higher education. This webinar is hosted by NAS in anticipation of the upcoming NAS DEI Anti-Semitism Study. It will explore the possibility that […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on September 8, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Conservative election integrity advocates praised the Trump administration for rescinding a Biden-era guidance that allowed Federal Work-Study funds to be used to employ students to perform election jobs. […]
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Academia is best understood as a social institution that thrives on what the French-American polymath Rene Girard called mimetic desire. According to Girard, humans are born with biological drives that steer us towards what we need to survive and procreate; however, beyond subsistence, our desires are shaped by the culture and models around us. The […]
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