June 8, 2009
On the transformation of the idea of "shame" - and how the right kind of shame is seen as honorable. Especially on the college campus.
June 4, 2009
NAS comments on the nomination of James A. Leach to head the National Endowment for the Humanities.
June 4, 2009
Meet Free Exchange on Campus, a coalition uninterested in free exchange on campus.
June 2, 2009
Mac Mods in the Chronicle, the TESOL seesaw, and the climate action promise.
May 29, 2009
A prominent literary critic weighs evidence that artistic nihilism has become a bore.
December 16, 2025
Disparate impact theory is on the Trump administration’s chopping block, signaling a move away from discriminatory government policy practices....
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....
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
February 21, 2014
Is art worth dying for? The Monuments Men considers the value of good art and its purpose in preserving a cultural heritage....
October 17, 2018
William Young finds much to praise in the hit musical....