…ago boldly declared that academic freedom is just an impediment to achieving social justice. This is a species of conformity rooted in carefully nurtured grievances, expressive anger, and a delight…

…Resistance – 25 sections Classics of Social and Political Thought (CSPT) – 16 sections Mind – 8 sections Social Science Inquiry – 5 sections The academic tradeoffs? Compare, for example,…

…our schools of education. If the Common Core goes down there will be many more teachers in our schools supporting the idea of teaching math for “social justice.” (See my…

…a matter of elementary social justice. It would help to reduce the immense prestige premium that a handful of schools have–a form of privilege that those of us who care…

…but the taproot is probably the schools of education that prioritize the pursuit of their version of “social justice” over educating competent teachers. Teachers, of course, vary. Both national teachers’…

…Coleman then reinvented the SAT, thus forcing the colleges to lower their entrance requirements. And this near revolutionary transformation of American education — for “social justice” purposes, according to Wood…

…a Conservative Professor Simultaneously, Adams became a prominent conservative firebrand, writing national columns on social, political, and academic issues for outlets such as TownHall.com. In that vein, Adams authored Welcome…

…not rape). Later, the young woman sued Ludlow himself. In fact, according to the university, Ludlow was denied a raise and an endowed chair, and was warned against one-on-one social…

…for a day of events that included an address from “a social justice and diversity consultant and facilitator.” The theater of the absurd culminated when mainstream students, not unreasonably, protested…

…and watch them fail. But given higher education’s steely commitment to using college admissions to advance its ideas of “social justice,” most colleges will simply lower academic standards across the…

…trigger warning. The trigger-warning vogue began a few years ago on feminist websites, and then spread to other “social justice” blogs. The idea behind them is that for people who…

…or university in the United States. Activate the search engine by plugging in such words as social justice, sustainability, diversity, multiculturalism, sexism, racism, Marx, activist, and identities. Total the references….

…perhaps, because of?) this record, Baker has just been hired by BuzzFeed. Her task will be “to cover criminal justice and other legal and social issues related to college campuses,”…

…its ideas about social justice. The announcement of the changes in the SAT itself is succinct–and friendly, with helpful icons to get across ideas like “documents”– The redesigned SAT will…

Cross-posted from See Thru Edu There is some sort of poetic justice or perfect symmetry in the recent discovery that a Duke University student is paying her tuition by working…

…for dispensing with longstanding commitments to “academic freedom” in favor of what she calls “academic justice.” *** What is particularly telling in Ms. Korn’s article is that she identifies perhaps…

…American Publishers, and the Center for Individual Rights. Strict Government Neutrality Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the prevailing 5-4 opinion for himself and four other justices; the remaining four concurring justices…

…from our national and international quest for social justice.” Major textbook publishers, like Bedford, are responding to market demand with single-themed readers on Sustainability, Money Changes Everything, Food Matters, and…

The academic left has created a great deal of mischief by appropriating wholesome words for unwholesome ends. This game has been perfected with diversity, inclusion, social justice, and sustainability–all words…

…many universities seek not to understand the world as it is, but instead to structure a curriculum that will confirm campus doctrines on such matters as multiculturalism and social justice…

…Three of these are straightforward re-packagings of leftist politics: sustainability, social justice, and diversity. How those actually play out in the courses students must take, I don’t know. Possibly the…

…U Penn report, summarizes: “MOOCs seem to be reinforcing the advantages of the ‘haves’ rather than educating the ‘have-nots.’” That kind of social-justice ideology reinforces a victim mentality that may…

…for instance, sees a de Blasio mayoralty as “Bringing Social Justice and Sustainability to New York.” Journalist Matthew D’Ancona writes that de Blasio’s election means “socialism is no longer a…

…prevention issues with men” and another whose most recent publication is “Teaching for Social Justice.”) In this respect, like the Group of 88 statement, the Ohio open letter is a…

…human and ecological health, social justice, secure livelihoods, and a better world for all generations. … … Because sustainability is a holistic and interdependent concept, our application of sustainability on…

…license to continue to exercise our power while maintaining a superficial front of understanding and tolerance. True social justice work starts with grassroots activism and extends in scope from local…

The two most potent and ingenious threats to liberal education in our country today are political correctness and techno-libertarian “disruption.” Political correctness has corrupted the humanities and social sciences and…

…injustice by lusting after young women, though he engaged in that sort of lusting himself. He asserted that, while men may have real problems in today’s society, these woes are…

…As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously remarked, “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric…