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 · 20 min read
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 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 Originality requires both knowledge and technical mastery. Daniel Buck 30 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt School closings put strain on families and students alike. Jenny Griebenow 23 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
Critical Thinking, Reverential Thinking, and Lashing Out Before we challenge conventions, we must understand and master them. Alexander Zubatov 25 Dec 2022 · 8 min read
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 The University of California has decided to drop college admissions tests—that is a bad idea. Robert J. Morris 3 Dec 2022 · 6 min read
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 · 11 min read
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 · 14 min read
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 · 4 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 · 5 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 · 14 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 · 8 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
