January 13, 2010
How do we know whether American universities are really educating students?
January 12, 2010
Last week I posted a copy of an exam from an introductory sociology class, forwarded to me by a colleague. The test was graded 100%. I quoted the exam at length and noted that sadly “A student......
January 11, 2010
I received the following post from Concord Review editor Will Fitzhugh. This book excerpt drives home the need for high schools to emphasize more writing and research. As a college instructor of "hi......
January 8, 2010
Apparently it's it's not a big deal to note the influence of Marxist ideas in schools of education, as long as it's done by a member of the guild. Check out this recent piece by our frie......
January 8, 2010
Reposted from NAS.org Dear California members and readers (and anyone happening to visit California this spring), Don’t miss the following events hosted by the Califor......
January 8, 2010
At NAS.org, Glenn Ricketts tells how Gonzaga University's Institute for Action Against Hate misses an opportunity to shed academic light on human hate, settling instead on politically correct an......
January 8, 2010
A 2nd edition of the NAS 'sustainapedia' of the key names, terms, books, colleges, and organizations in the campus sustainability movement.
January 8, 2010
NAS's California affiliate will host Dinesh D'Souza and Victor Davis Hanson this spring.
January 7, 2010
I have fought Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for seven years. Although the “accountability movement” has done much good, in my judgment, SLOs constitute a misguided and redu......
January 7, 2010
Reposted from Minding the Campus Recently, a colleague forwarded to me a copy of an exam from an introductory sociology class found lying in a room at a public college in the east. It was grad......
March 3, 2026
The U.S. strike on Iran and the foreign funding shaping how universities respond to it....
March 11, 2026
Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law....
