Did Your Child Return From College a Better Person?
When assessing America’s or any of the Western world’s universities—wondering whether you should send your child to one; whether you should pay for a child […]
Education
Oberlin’s Comeuppance
As I write these words, a jury in Ohio is about to decide whether an $11 million verdict against Oberlin College, for libel and tortious […]
K-12 Education Has Become Progressive Sunday School
As an adolescent, just beginning my education as a Catholic, I had Catechism classes. There, for usually an hour, we learned some of the basic […]
‘Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ Has Got to Go’
On January 15, 1987, Jesse Jackson and around 500 protesters marched down Palm Drive, Stanford University’s grand main entrance, chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Western […]
‘Hope’ and History
Clear, accurate, and inspiring, Wilfred McClay’s Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story is a welcome antidote for agenda-driven history textbooks that […]
A Mighty Fortress is Our Victimhood
The College Board last week announced a plan to add an “adversity score” to its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Justifying the move, College Board President […]
A Tribe of Her Own
As presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren continues to find her people among the Democratic Party base, the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts has been slinging government […]
Manipulating Science in the Data Age
Who are you going to believe—my academic paper/editorial/meme or your lying eyes? It’s a pressing question in today’s world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, faked […]
Want to Fix the Universities? Here Are Two Options
Once upon a time, long, long ago—in May 2005, in fact—I wrote an essay for The New Criterion with the optimistic title “Retaking the University: […]
Cuomo Is Wrong to Give Free Tuition to Gold Star Families
Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made a strategic retreat. In response to well-publicized criticism of the decision of the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature to kill […]
The Great Cull . . . or the Long Boom?
When people look back on world history 100 years from now, what will they see? It is reasonable to think they will see a global […]
Who Will Convert Us? The Life of James V. Schall, S.J.
At the passing of a priest, age 91, who was also a profound scholar and inspiring teacher, one expects to see praise of his dozens […]
An Answer to the Cost of College and Community Collapse: Community Colleges
PITTSBURGH—When the Pittsburgh Pirates opened their season two weeks ago at PNC Park, Nathan Sibley, a York County, Pennsylvania, kid who struggled in high school […]
The Downward Spiral of Post-Secondary Education
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U Need a Shine?
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Kamala Harris’ Hair-Raising, Tax-Raising Plan
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] When the American Federation of Teachers endorsed Hillary Clinton […]
Why Can’t We Ask the Hard Questions About Education?
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Student Council
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Your Kid Goes to Yale? So What?
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] I have told the following to numerous audiences: I’m […]
Socialists Don’t Really Believe in Socialism
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Can we dispel, once and for all, the idea […]