Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on November 15, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Boston College hired a new professor in theater arts this year to teach a class that will “interpret the theme of identity” in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” One scholar criticized […]
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Over the past week, I’ve had challenging conversations with many students. While they recognize that Donald Trump won re-election fairly and that the country’s mood differs from the campus atmosphere, they still feel frustrated and anxious. I try to reassure them that our future is bright and that we live in a great country, yet […]
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From October 28th to the wee hours of October 31st, I attended Hereticon at the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach. Put on by tech billionaire Peter Thiel—who has been frequently and unfairly villainized by the mainstream media and academia—through his Founders Fund and organized by the indefatigable Michael Solano, Hereticon is a conference for those […]
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October was a challenging month for college football, marked by a troubling series of player arrests at multiple universities. Here’s a breakdown of the most significant incidents: University of Georgia Arrest Epidemic The University of Georgia (UGA) football team has been plagued by a series of arrests this year, with six players facing various […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the author’s Substack Diogenes In Exile on November 11, 2024. With edits to fit MTC’s style, it is crossposted here with permission. Tremors from the election continue to ripple across the country, and the meltdown among the Democrats rages on. What is undeniable is that there […]
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Harvard University has taken heavy criticism in the last year for not responding adequately to disruptive protests, encampments, and acts of anti-Semitism on its campus. Under the leadership of new president Alan Garber, it set out to ensure this year would be better. New and clearer rules pertaining to free expression, particularly protest and its […]
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The president of Brigham Young University (BYU), a Christian university located in Provo, Utah, issued an exciting announcement this past summer for the Christian higher education sector: BYU will be developing and opening a faith-based medical school. It will be the first of its kind in the American Southwest and seventh in the entirety of […]
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“Any society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” — Thucydides (4th Century BCE) When thanked for my service, I respond saying that my 34 years in the Air Force were an honor. My service included extraordinary opportunities: a bachelor’s from the […]
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University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is discriminating against prospective and current students because it is on a mission to raise its percentage of Hispanic students high enough to qualify for millions in federal aid. Why? The federal government leads colleges and universities into achieving racial and ethnic quotas by dangling the money in front of […]
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“Expect to bring a cot into the lab because research will become your life.” These were the words spoken to me last spring by a potential research advisor for a Neuroscience Ph.D. program to which I had applied. As a devout Christian, the first thought that entered my mind at that moment was how I […]
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The House v. NCAA settlement could reshape the landscape of higher education by allowing colleges to pay athletes directly, raising questions about the future of academic and athletic balance. At its core, the decision proposes a model of athlete compensation that diverges sharply from traditional views of amateurism in college sports. Rather than emphasizing scholarships […]
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The Chicago school of economics may be the most effective academic source of American economic policy. “It is widely believed that politics and economics are separate and largely unconnected; that individual freedom is a political problem and material welfare an economic problem; and that any kind of political arrangements can be combined with any kind of […]
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The damage that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies are doing to American colleges and universities is increasingly well-known, thanks largely to efforts of the National Association of Scholars and Minding the Campus, but the harm done to U.S. intelligence agencies has not been assessed—until now. My study of the operational effects of DEI policies […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Law & Liberty on November 5, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Arguments about the Electoral College are often shallow. Opponents claim it is a relic of slavery and the product of the Founders’ distrust of democracy. They cite […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on November 6, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Proponents of “racial equity” training have received $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to “generate evidence” in support of their program at the University of Pittsburgh. […]
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For a time, I worked at a South African university, where my department still upheld the civilized practice of morning tea. One morning, I happened to arrive a few minutes late but found an open seat at a table just as a senior professor was opining—in very orotund tones, naturally—to some Honours students, “Wouldn’t it […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on November 4, 2024, and is crossposted here with permission. Higher education has lurched from crisis to crisis over the past five years. The COVID-19 pandemic kept many would-be students from attending college while seriously straining university budgets. Colleges continue to face demographic declines, with one million […]
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In modern higher education, students hold unprecedented power over faculty and university governance. This influence, shaped by the combined forces of cancel culture, student consumerism, and administrative bloat, has shifted the traditional power dynamics, leading to significant consequences for how universities function and how faculty engage with students. Although student empowerment can sometimes drive positive change, […]
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