Education - Quillette (Page 15)

Progressivism at the University of Melbourne: No Cause for Alarm

The University of Melbourne is situated in the country’s most progressive major city, as evidenced by their unique propensity to elect the Greens to the lower house in federal politics.

Shaun Khoo

30 May 2019 · 6 min read

When Protected Characteristics Collide

Local MPs have also become involved, some of whom have failed to appreciate the dynamics of the situation.

Tehmina Kazi

28 May 2019 · 8 min read

Noah Carl: An Update on the Young Scholar Fired by a Cambridge College for Thoughtcrime

Unfortunately, St. Edmund’s College did the bidding of the protestors, launched two separate investigations and last month terminated Noah Carl’s employment.

Quillette

28 May 2019 · 6 min read

What Does Teaching ‘White Privilege’ Actually Accomplish? Not What You Might Think (Or Hope)

But there is a danger that, by talking about this inequality as an all-consuming phenomenon, we will end up creating a flattened and unfair image that portrays all whites in all situations and all contexts as benefiting from unearned advantages.

Zaid Jilani

23 May 2019 · 8 min read

Free University Tuition: A Cautionary Note from Germany

Tuition-free universities also have problems with student motivation. Most Americans who teach ordinary classes in Germany find average German students somewhat less motivated than their dues-paying American counterparts.

Andrew Hammel

22 May 2019 · 6 min read

Watching Harvard, My Alma Mater, Surrender to the Mob

Students who receive their education on campuses where mobs force the hand of professors and administrators can be expected to bring those same anti-liberal values into the wider world.

Kaveh Shahrooz

13 May 2019 · 6 min read

After Academia

We need to stop wringing our hands over how to save academia and acknowledge that its disease is terminal. This need not be cause for solemnity; it can inspire celebration.

Allen Farrington

9 May 2019 · 10 min read

Cambridge Capitulates to the Mob and Fires a Young Scholar

The administrators at St Edmund’s College who determined that Dr Noah Carl should be fired did not have qualifications in these areas, either.

Claire Lehmann

2 May 2019 · 25 min read

Like the Campus Thought Police

The hate against Hect sends a chilling message throughout my campus. Imagine you are a Smith student who supports Trump, his wall, or gun rights. How comfortable would you now be speaking up in class?

James D. Miller

28 Apr 2019 · 4 min read

Sexualization in Gaming: Advocacy and Over-Correction

Given the rapidly changing gamer demographic, it was perhaps inevitable that games would eventually come in for criticism for under-representing playable female characters, and for presenting them as hyper-sexualized images when they were available.

Christopher J. Ferguson

27 Apr 2019 · 6 min read

What I Saw at Middlebury College

Putting aside the ideological and political attitudes at play, there is a social component as well: Never in my life have I witnessed so many arrogant, needy, spoiled brats on parade.

Dominic Aiello

27 Apr 2019 · 8 min read

The Sad Truth About ‘Fat Acceptance’

Unfortunately for some activists, gravity wasn’t invented by white settlers.

Anna Slatz

26 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

Teenage Climate-Change Protestors Have No Idea What They’re Protesting

Our decisions tend to be rooted not in scientific analysis but in emotional reaction; and we tend to see protest not as a tool for social or legislative change, but simply as a chance to upset the status quo.