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Aristotle (and the Stoics): An Interview with John Sellars

Aristotle (and the Stoics): An Interview with John Sellars

A new book by John Sellars explores the life’s work and extraordinary legacy of the man he has provocatively called “the single most important human being ever to have lived.”

Riley Moore

19 Feb 2023 · 19 min read

The Approaching Disintegration of Academia

The Approaching Disintegration of Academia

Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth.

Mark Goldblatt

7 Feb 2023 · 7 min read

Colonialism and Its Discontents

Colonialism and Its Discontents

Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire.

John Lloyd

6 Feb 2023 · 16 min read

What Progressive Educators Get Wrong About Creativity

What Progressive Educators Get Wrong About Creativity

Originality requires both knowledge and technical mastery.

Daniel Buck

30 Jan 2023 · 10 min read

The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt

The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt

School closings put strain on families and students alike.

Jenny Griebenow

23 Jan 2023 · 10 min read

Critical Thinking, Reverential Thinking, and Lashing Out

Critical Thinking, Reverential Thinking, and Lashing Out

Before we challenge conventions, we must understand and master them.

Alexander Zubatov

25 Dec 2022 · 7 min read

And Yet it May (Or May Not) Move

And Yet it May (Or May Not) Move

If we allow ideological campaigns to discourage controversial research, we will be making a terrible mistake.

Bryan J. Pesta

16 Dec 2022 · 21 min read

Ignoring the Evidence

Ignoring the Evidence

The University of California has decided to drop college admissions tests—that is a bad idea.

Robert J. Morris

3 Dec 2022 · 5 min read

At Canadian Universities, Race and Gender Quotas Have Become a Way of Life

At Canadian Universities, Race and Gender Quotas Have Become a Way of Life

In their recruitment efforts, some schools now flat-out exclude white males who don’t self-identify as disabled or LGBT.

Margaret Wente

2 Dec 2022 · 10 min read

Co-Opting Toronto’s Public Education System in the Name of Social Justice Activism

Co-Opting Toronto’s Public Education System in the Name of Social Justice Activism

Why Canada’s largest school board is seeking to administer an ideologically skewed census to its students.

Ian Cooper

15 Nov 2022 · 13 min read

Bloated College Administration Is Making Education Unaffordable

Bloated College Administration Is Making Education Unaffordable

Our campuses are stuffed with non-academic office workers. If elected to Harvard’s Board of Overseers, I‘ll propose firing most of them.

Harvey Silverglate

2 Nov 2022 · 3 min read

Anti-Male Bias at the NHMRC

Anti-Male Bias at the NHMRC

Imposing gender quotas for research funding is counterproductive and sets a dangerous new precedent.

Lawrence M. Krauss

20 Oct 2022 · 4 min read

Sex and the Academy

Sex and the Academy

The inclusion of women in higher education is a great achievement for Western liberal societies. How is this changing academic culture?

Cory Clark / Bo Winegard

8 Oct 2022 · 13 min read

$Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus$

Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus

The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors.

Robert C. Thornett

15 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

Universities Have a Sustainability Problem

Universities Have a Sustainability Problem

The era of disconnected, infinite knowledge production should draw to a close.

Robert Frodeman

5 Sep 2022 · 7 min read