If you were to imagine an ideal year of humanities education, it might include: Immersion in Greek or Latin, bolstered by many weeks in Greece or Rome; Coursework in philosophy, literature, and political theory, all the readings counting as canonical works; Small classes taught by experienced and charismatic instructors in a Socratic seminar style; And, […]
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We’ve spent the better part of two months at Minding the Campus (MTC) hammering home the same truths: anti-Semitism is rising, “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) is corrosive, and wokeness is warping our universities. These arguments are important—and true. But we’re beating a dead horse. If our goal is to clarify, win back institutions, and […]
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Until the reelection of President Donald Trump, the conservative intellectual movement has been fighting a rearguard action—justly exposing the negative dynamics of wokeness, “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions—and advocating for a return to the Great Books and liberal education. Given the pending shutdown of the nefarious federal Department of Education, there […]
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When women enter the voting booth, what matters more—policy or identity? The debate over whether female voters prioritize gender representation or political substance has fueled political discourse for years. Some argue that women rally behind female candidates for symbolic progress, while others insist that ideology and policy take precedence. But do women truly vote based […]
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It hasn’t been a good couple of years for Ivy League presidents. Since December 2023, five have stepped down—which is to say, been shown the door—including two from the same institution. All those departures stemmed, directly or indirectly, from the presidents’ failures to address anti-Semitism on their campuses. The first domino to fall was Liz […]
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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. It was welcome […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 18, 2025. It was translated into English from French by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. In a text entitled “Regarding the cancellation of FBB’s visit to […]
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In the winter of 2024, the U.S. Department of Education announced that an investigation is underway at Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) over its anti-Semitic environment. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights wrote in a December 23 letter that it will examine “whether the College failed to respond to alleged harassment of students […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on April, 2025, and is crossposted here with permission. Today, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) celebrates Congress’s bipartisan vote to move all existing operations of the Department of Education (ED) under the purview of the United States Popcorn Board. We are happy to have […]
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In California, there is a three-tiered system of public universities. The California Community College (CCC) System serves as the foundation and feeds into the California State University System (CSU). This, then, steps up into the University of California System (UC). All of these are public university systems, and all fall under the federal definition of […]
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Like me, supporters of the University of Austin (UATX) have thought that it should be possible to enroll academically outstanding students. Indeed, sotto voce, we have speculated that, even in the first year or two, UATX would be able to match elite schools like Harvard and Williams in terms of objective metrics, such as SAT […]
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For millennia, man has wondered whether he is alone in the universe. Organizations such as the SETI Institute (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence), founded in 1984, once employed more than 100 scientists, educators, and support staff in their quest to “explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.” To […]
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In response to conservative concerns about transwomen athletes—biological men—competing in women’s sports, the left typically either denies the issue or insists it poses no disadvantage to biological female athletes. However, the story of former San Jose State University (SJSU) women’s volleyball player Brooke Slusser reveals the harsh reality: gender ideology extremism has left women unprotected. […]
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Good news and bad news for higher education in Ohio. The good news is that SB 1 passed into law on March 28. It promises an end to “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” indoctrination, and political litmus tests at public universities; it increases curriculum transparency, it mandates civic education, and much more. The bad news is […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on March 31, 2025, and is crossposted here with permission. I have been asked by several members of the National Association of Scholars, as well as by members of the NAS staff, whether we have an official position on the recent developments at Columbia University. […]
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Grade inflation—higher grades awarded without a commensurate increase in learning—is a documented problem in higher education. It is fueled by a consumerist educational environment, the desire to please students and parents, the connection of student satisfaction surveys (e.g., “course evaluations”) with employment and promotion, and coddlers who view any source of student stress as problematic. Combined with […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on March 27, 2024. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The University of Washington (UW), following a year-long surge of anti-Israel protests on campus, reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the Jewish community in response to a recent warning letter […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on PJ Media on March 14, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The ideology of “social justice,” encompassing both critical race theory, extreme gender theory, and queer theory, has become the main administrative tool of universities, […]
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For the past decade or so, I have worked with students to help them prepare essays for applications to America’s top colleges and universities. Many of my students have historically matriculated to Ivy League and other top-tier universities, and every year, we continue to send a handful of Invictus Prep students to America’s most coveted […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by American Greatness on March 30, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. Last week, the Trump Administration dropped Biden’s appeal of a July Oklahoma court ruling on Title IX. The ruling had stopped Biden’s April 2024 Title IX regulation from taking effect, joining several other courts that […]
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It was March 30, 1775. King George III delivers another blow to the American colonies, formally endorsing the New England Restraining Act. This Act, a direct response to the Continental Association’s 1774 boycott of British goods, was designed to strangle the rebelling colonies into submission. By royal decree, New England’s trade was restricted solely to […]
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Science™ is fighting back! In case you were worried. The final straw was the National Institutes of Health (NIH) decreeing in February that indirect cost reimbursements on research grants would henceforth be cut to about 25 percent of their current rate. Hard to see what the complaint is there. Indirect costs mostly fuel administrative bloat, […]
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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. With headlines dominated […]
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Secretary Peter Hegseth’s first order to the Department of Defense promised “a focus on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness.” To the extent that the Service Academies—West Point, Annapolis, the Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy—take this directive seriously, they should end athletic admissions. Such a move would change […]
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I would have thought that one of the primary jobs of our universities would be to conserve and explore the great works of Western Civilization, and, further, to introduce these great works to students. But five decades of teaching and research at one of North America’s great universities have disabused me of such imaginings. Western […]
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As professionals in the education sector, we have a responsibility to ensure that our students receive a quality education during their time at university. Financial education is rarely part of a course curriculum, but for those of us who are passionate about supporting learners in reaching their full potential, a lesson in financial concerns is […]
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In 2023, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) canceled an accepted session from their annual conference: “Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby: Why biological sex remains a necessary analytic category in anthropology.” AAA’s decision, phrased in today’s academic jargon, was explicitly political. AAA President Ramona Pérez, writing jointly with President Monica Heller of the Canadian Anthropological Society, […]
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While the United States dismantles “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), Canada still clings desperately to this cult of mediocrity. Sensing an impending cultural shift, Canadian DEI professionals are scrambling to mount a defense reminiscent of Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal.” While Swift suggested eating children to solve poverty, diversicrats deploy discrimination in their moral crusade to […]
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In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, I was stunned as many of my peers—college juniors, no less—freaked out upon hearing that Trump had beaten Kamala Harris. On my campus, female students, in particular, voiced fears that their rights, especially access to abortion, would be immediately stripped away. Their fear was palpable, but what […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by American Thinker on March 20, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. The gang of lower court judges that is interfering with President Trump’s executive responsibilities is not unique. It is hard to find a judge who can separate politics and law, or […]
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