by jpitney | Jan 6, 2026 | Civil Rights, Crime, Higher Education
At National Affairs, Jon Shields and Stephanie Muravchik examine college syllabi on the “Open Syllabus” (OS) database. Few issues have vexed American politics more than the question of whether — and to what extent — the criminal-justice system is biased...
by jpitney | Jan 4, 2026 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Greg Lukianoff at The Dispatch: For most of my career, the biggest threat to free speech on campus came from inside higher education: the on-campus left (students, yes, but more importantly administrators) using the power of investigation and discipline to punish...
by jpitney | Dec 4, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Higher Education
Robert P. George at WSJ: Public universities are also taking steps to promote civic education and robust civil discourse. States are investing in programs designed to promote respectful and productive dialogue across political, cultural, religious and socio-economic...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2025 | Civic Education, Claremont McKenna College, Conservative', Higher Education
Benjamin Storey and Jon A. Shields at Persuasion: [R]eintroducing intellectual conservatism to our universities will temper, not accelerate, our polarization. Today’s partisan spirit is a reductionist one: tell me if so-and-so is left or right, a squish or a solid, a...
by jpitney | Nov 30, 2025 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education
A November 18 release from NYU: New York University today announced the launch of the Berkley Institute for Civil Discourse and Civic Solutions, a University-wide initiative that engages students, scholars, and leaders with divergent perspectives to tackle the most...
by jpitney | Nov 19, 2025 | Civility, Claremont McKenna College, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Free Speech, Higher Education
Duggan Flanakin at International Business Times: In an era when higher education is increasingly criticized for being exclusionary, overpriced, and ideologically rigid, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) under President Hiram Chodosh today offers a powerful...
