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 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 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 The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors. Robert C. Thornett 15 Sep 2022 · 7 min read
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
Walkout at Milton Academy When high-school students can’t tolerate hearing the name of a book title, we know there’s a problem in education. Randall Kennedy and Harvey Silverglate 8 Aug 2022 · 3 min read
The Real Challenges Facing Public Education Critical Race Theory is a distraction and 'equity' is just a buzzword. A new book by an award-winning teacher argues that the real challenges facing public education go much deeper than political ideology. Shane Trotter 1 Aug 2022 · 9 min read
The ACT Discriminates ...but not in the way you might expect. Frederick R. Prete 16 Jul 2022 · 12 min read
What Is the Point of Tenure?—A Roundtable Tenure creates a dual world where some professors enjoy more freedom than others. Bo Winegard, Charles Negy, and Alexander Riley 12 Jul 2022 · 12 min read
The Emptiness of Constructivist Teaching In teaching students that all knowledge is constructed through their own interactions, we fail to give them satisfying answers about the world and its meaning. Patricia Rice Doran 29 Jun 2022 · 8 min read
The Disgraceful Firing of Joshua T. Katz Joshua Katz knew it was dangerous to go public with his objections to a Princeton faculty letter, but he did so because his conscience demanded it. For this, he has paid an intolerable price. The Quillette Editorial Board 26 May 2022 · 12 min read
Direct Instruction Works. So Why Is It Controversial? In 2016, I was sitting in the classroom of a Melbourne school as Dr. Kerry Hempenstall described the early stages of a reading program. He projected a series of letters on the screen. First, he displayed an “f.” “This is an ‘f’,” he said. Then he displayed an “f” written Greg Ashman 14 May 2022 · 7 min read
Academic Exile, Two Years On Academia has become an intellectual prison, and many incarcerated professors are compelled to live a dual existence. Bo Winegard 4 May 2022 · 12 min read
The Liberal Arts Are the Future Most great scientists and inventors have some background in the liberal arts. Auguste Meyrat 29 Apr 2022 · 7 min read
Why Did Harvard University Go After One of Its Best Black Professors? Rob Montz 15 Apr 2022 · 9 min read
