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...
by jpitney | Nov 26, 2024 | Higher Education, Newspapers, Polarization
Andrew Van Dam at WP: Of those who still read newspapers, Democrats made up a narrow majority in the 1990s and early 2000s, but their lead has turned into a rout. Now, among people who read the paper multiple times a week, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than...
by jpitney | Nov 23, 2024 | Higher Education
Frederick M. Hess and Riley Fletcher at the Manhattan Institute: Setting aside concerns about the broader shape of the American professoriate, we examined faculty at leading public affairs programs, where faculty focus explicitly on government, civic leadership, and...
