Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on Qudrant on October 2, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Given the parlous state of Australia’s education system, which sees so many students leave school morally adrift, emotionally fraught, and culturally illiterate, it’s not surprising hundreds of […]
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Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on October 1, 2025. The Observatory translated it from French into English. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Never short of ideas […]
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British universities aren’t just teaching—they’re a pipeline, a gateway for hundreds of thousands to turn a student visa into permanent residency. That’s what Alp Mehmet revealed in the Spectator: over half a million foreigners have stayed in Britain via the student visa route since 2022. In 2023 alone, nearly half of all new visas went […]
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International students have long been a lifeline for universities; one could even argue that they are a cash cow. They bring global perspectives, help fill enrollment gaps, and—very importantly—pay tuition at higher levels that subsidize the tuition of domestic students. For decades, countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia competed […]
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Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on September 9, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. In the joy […]
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When Nemat “Minouche” Shafik became the first woman to serve as president of Columbia University, expectations were high. Yet, in just over a year, her tenure was dominated by controversy as Columbia emerged as the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. Demonstrators occupied campus buildings, even […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on July 3, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. On June 13, Le Monde, under the […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on April 16, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Hollywood was in a frenzy. The Césars […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on June 30, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. France has nearly three million students enrolled […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on July 12, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. This text is a look back at […]
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Montgomery Toms is not your average 20-year-old. In an age when conformity is celebrated and silence is often the safest path, Toms has chosen resistance. Since the age of fourteen, he has been a vocal opponent of authoritarianism in all its modern forms—from government overreach to the cultural mandates of political correctness. He has marched […]
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The Japanese government aims to enhance the international competitiveness of its higher education system. Universities, junior colleges, and other professional schools are expected to be able to accept more international students starting next fiscal year. However, the topic of international students is becoming an increasingly contentious issue in Japan. Some of Japan’s non-competitive, for-profit universities […]
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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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Last month at an academic freedom conference in England, a friend from a traditional part of the Middle East jokingly dismissed the sea of Pride flags festooning Oxford as the new “flags of the empire.” They observed that Pride flags outnumbered the Union Jack, the United Kingdom’s flag and that of the old British Empire, […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on June 18, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Although the founder of La Tribune de […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on April 10, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Last April, Fabrice Balanche, a […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on April 22, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. We read the remarkable work […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 24, 2025. The Observatory translated it from French into English. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. We are not campaigning for […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on December 15, 2023. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Mapping the Muslim Brotherhood galaxy […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on January 5, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Susan Neiman’s latest book in […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 11, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. In a great burst of […]
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Amid growing global skepticism toward “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), Japanese universities are rapidly embracing surprisingly radical DEI measures. In Japan’s university admissions, admission quotas for females (Joshi-waku, literally “Girls’ Quotas”) grant eligibility exclusively to women and are being introduced successively in highly competitive STEM programs. Both national and private institutions employ this scheme. Typically, […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on All Things Rhapsodical on May 17, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. This is just up on Chronicles and not paywalled. Michel Houellebecq is a remarkable figure in literature. He has written a number of excellent novels, dealing […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on May 14, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. I am one of the many feminist writers and left-wing […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on April 24, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. With contributions from Olivier Beaud (Paris II), Arnaud […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on September 23, 2023. 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. Everyone remembers the events of the spring at Columbia […]
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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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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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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on May 15, 2024. 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. The three missions of academics are currently teaching, research, and community […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on September 2, 2024. It was translated from French into English by the Observatory and subsequently edited to conform to Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Ms. Réjane Sénac holds a doctorate in political science from the […]
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