Heather Mac Donald

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Trump and the Academic Cocoon

A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention.

Heather Mac Donald

28 Nov 2024 · 12 min read

A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

The uproar over a fleeting outburst of uninhibited joy is ludicrous.

Heather Mac Donald

11 Sep 2023 · 9 min read

Bastardizing Beethoven

From Fidelio to The Soldier’s Tale, some of history’s greatest compositions are being co-opted as social-justice propaganda

Heather Mac Donald

17 May 2023 · 10 min read

Dismantle DEI Ideology

The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.

Heather Mac Donald

26 Mar 2023 · 16 min read

Almost Four Decades After Its Birth, The Diversity Industry Thrives on Its Own Failures

The increasing power of college diversity bureaucrats over academic affairs since the 1990s has been stunning.

Heather Mac Donald

12 Jul 2021 · 10 min read

Podcast #155: Heather Mac Donald on The Juilliard School's Strange Anti-Racist Meltdown

Quillette‘s Jonathan Kay speaks to City Journal writer Heather Mac Donald about how a single drama workshop caused Juilliard students to feel “traumatized,” and sparked an activist campaign aimed at undermining the elite school’s famously rigorous standards. Transcript: Jonathan Kay: Last month, writer Heather Mac Donald wrote for