by jpitney | Apr 17, 2025 | Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
Mark Caro at Poynter: The old formula went like this: Journalism undergrads would learn in classes and maybe work on the school paper and then get professional experience via internships or summer jobs at news outlets. But with the local news industry reeling,...
by jpitney | Apr 13, 2025 | Free Speech, Higher Education
At AEI, Jenna Silber Storey and Benjamin Storey discuss ways of improving viewpoint diversity on college campuses: Short-term: Involve PhDs and other professionals currently working outside academia in research and teaching. Many right-of-center PhDs find more...
by jpitney | Apr 10, 2025 | Debate, Higher Education
Robert Maranto, Sally Satel, Catherine Salmon, and Lee Jussim at AEI discuss their new book, The Free Inquiry Papers Key Points Free inquiry is essential for democracy, science, and individual justice. Free inquiry in the United States is under threat. Today’s taboos...
by jpitney | Mar 31, 2025 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Assumption University President Greg Weiner at NYT: Colleges and universities are right to invoke academic freedom as an essential bulwark against government interference. But it is difficult not to greet this opportunistic defense of academic freedom cynically...
by jpitney | Feb 15, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Higher Education, Republican
Henry Long at The CMC Forum: Recently, The Forum obtained access to California voter registration data to determine the political party affiliations of professors across the Claremont Colleges. The data encompass counties within a 50-mile radius of the Claremont...
by jpitney | Dec 19, 2024 | Civility, Higher Education
Max Reinhart at The Detroit News Following a series of politically motivated crimes targeting University of Michigan officials, its president on Monday announced plans to establish an Institute for Civil Discourse to “strengthen debate and dialog” both on...
