Two important legal cases, one in Australia and the other in the United Kingdom, may soon influence how American courts and policymakers address a central question in today’s culture war: What is a woman? Both cases examine whether women and girls have the legal right to female-only spaces. One involves a digital platform, while the […]
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Higher education is navigating a significant demographic evolution. The once predominant “traditional” student is now part of a broader, more complex picture known as the “New Majority learner.” This diverse cohort is not an outlier but rather a core component of our academic communities. For institutions committed to meaningful reform and fostering student success, understanding […]
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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. On a recent […]
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I was surprised by Emily Chamlee-Wright’s paean to Harvard, “Harvard’s Fight Is a Defense of Democracy and Civic Virtue,” as the university stands up to its federal benefactors. I should mention at the outset that I’ve known Dr. Chamlee-Wright for almost 20 years. She has provided the best practical articulation of Austrian economics that I have […]
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In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education essay, philosopher Megan Fritts offered a stark meditation on her experience serving on a university artificial intelligence (AI) committee: “If this robot can write these books better than we can,” she writes, “then what are we doing here?” The question lingers not only for humanities professors defending their […]
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Why is it that Sethuraman Panchanathan became director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) after republishing work and passing it off as novel? And why did Victor McCrary become chair of the National Science Board (NSB)—NSF’s oversight provider—after he did the same thing? Moreover, previous NSF Director Kelvin Droegemeier took credit for students’ work, and the paper […]
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In the field of management science, numerous theories and practices exist. Our business schools—generally regarded as the finest in the world—have created magnificent bodies of research, case history, and most of all, the constant feedback and input from business managers about the problems they face and the ways those many problems can be solved or […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on July 22, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. The insidious force that is cancel culture has not prevailed in a five-year ongoing legal battle between a University of North Texas (UNT) professor and the university. The National Association of Scholars (NAS) tracks instances […]
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On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case about judicial standards for determining whether employment discrimination occurred, which favored or disadvantaged persons of different genders. What implications, if any, does this unanimous decision have for the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) movement? DEI’s Momentum and Judicial Pushback Central […]
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Is there any news that is not fake news? The question is not rhetorical. Some media sources are admittedly engaged in partisan politics under the guise of news reporting, but many at least give an obligatory nod to the notion of journalism as something in principle separable from propaganda. One wonders, though, if any news […]
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As a professor with over twenty years of experience in higher education, I’ve watched with growing concern—not only at the rise of anti-Semitism on campus, but also at the shallow, reactive ways many institutions have responded. Nationwide, Jewish students are encountering levels of hostility and marginalization that would have been nearly unimaginable just a few […]
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Don’t let young people trick you into believing they are digital experts because they are so adept at texting, taking photos, and incessantly tinkering with their smartphones. My experience teaching college students suggests that they are consumers of everything digital, with little understanding of how the digital world works or how it affects them. Since students are […]
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The more I learn about the higher education portions of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the more I like it. But recognizing that we tend to fall into information bubbles, I do try to seek out opposing views. So, I was pleased that Inside Higher Ed ran an op-ed by Rachel […]
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This year marks my ninth year coaching students on their college essays. It also marks my first year coaching ChatGPT. Passionate about the transformative power of writing, I signed up to teach three high school students how to outline and draft their college essays back in 2017. After studying countless Ivy League college application files […]
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For Americans living in the age of social media and instant clicks, Washington often feels like a nonstop, partisan version of the Jerry Springer Show. A recent Time article about the long-running show—which aired from 1991 to 2018—described its format as a place “where guests went on to discuss their deepest, darkest secrets and confront […]
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You see it in horror movies all the time when the hero’s loved one gets bitten by a vampire, or a zombie, and then slowly becomes a monster. It is such a classic feature of the genre that it borders on cliché. The plot of Bram Stoker’s Dracula revolves around it. The characters of Abraham […]
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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. Students haven’t been […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from an article originally published on Heterodox Stem on July 6, 2025. With some edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The primary function of universities is to educate skilled labor. Within universities, skills are esteemed mainly by awarded degrees or titles and the […]
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It’s just too easy. “Here’s a picture of my homework, what are the answers?” “Write me a 500-word essay on Catcher in the Rye that sounds like me (I’m in 8th grade).” As humans, we build things that allow us to take the path of least resistance. From the wheel to the printing press, we […]
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In the sprawling deserts of Saudi Arabia, a new city-state is slowly rising from the sands. This city, named NEOM, is part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious 2030 Vision Plan to make the oil-rich kingdom one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations. The project is estimated to cost the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) $500 billion and […]
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