by jpitney | Oct 2, 2023 | Cancel Culture, Congress, Higher Education, House of Representatives
Kathryn Palmer at Inside Higher Ed: More than 450 cubic feet of material related to former congressman Elton Gallegly’s 26 years in office are available for in-person research at the Elton and Janice Gallegly Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement at...
by jpitney | Sep 28, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Ryan Quinn at Inside Higher Ed: A conservative Princeton University professor tried to give a speech this month at Washington College centering on the need for campus free speech. Students disrupted his talk and succeeded in ending it. It was another example of what...
by jpitney | Sep 5, 2023 | Higher Education
Robert Maranto at The Hill: From what I can tell, not a single open Republican now serves on the 31-member APSA governing council. That leaves half the country unrepresented politically in an organization whose job is to promote political research about all the...
by jpitney | Aug 31, 2023 | Deliberation, Higher Education
William Galston at WSJ: When I introduced undergraduates to the U.S. Constitution, I asked them to read James Madison’s detailed notes from the 1787 Constitutional Convention. They were fascinated to learn that ostensibly sacrosanct words had been the subject of...
by jpitney | Aug 30, 2023 | Civility, Debate, Deliberation, Free Speech, Higher Education
Robert P. George: As the new academic year begins, I have some advice for conservative and religiously observant students who are entering colleges and universities in which their beliefs will place them in the minority, and perhaps make them feel like “outsiders.”...
by jpitney | Aug 23, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams and Harvey Silverglate at AEI: A new survey from North Dakota State University’s Challey Institute shows just how ingrained the idea that students can censor others on campus is today. The Challey survey found that 74 percent of students surveyed...
