Day: September 30, 2025

UPDATE: Judge Ordered Texas State to Reinstate Fired Professor Thomas Alter

Yesterday, we reported that Texas State University (TXST) had terminated Thomas Alter, a newly tenured associate professor of history, following remarks he made on a virtual September 7th Socialist Horizon conference. At the time of that publication, we didn’t yet know that a Hays County district judge had already ordered the university to reinstate him […]

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Oklahoma’s New Standards Strengthen Social Studies and Science—Now They Must Be Carried into Classrooms

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on September 29, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Oklahoma’s new social studies and science standards make it possible for students to have much-improved instruction in Oklahoma’s public K-12 classrooms. It […]

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Joe Nalven on Keeping Art Human in an AI World

Editor’s Note: The following is an interview with Minding the Campus contributor Joe Nalven, published initially on Harald Johnson’s Substack, Create or Die, on August 20, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Joe Nalven is a creative, artist, instructor, and writer based in San Diego. He covers […]

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How a Small Liberal Arts College Is Preparing the First Responders of the Future

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the indispensable role of emergency responders in the healthcare system—and the pressing need to bolster that workforce. Since 2020, shortages of healthcare workers, including first responders, have become especially acute. A 2024 study by Mercer projected that the U.S. will see a total deficit of 100,000 critical healthcare workers by 2028 […]

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