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
· 21 min read
Education
A collection of 395 posts
Ignoring the Evidence
The University of California has decided to drop college admissions tests—that is a bad idea.
Robert J. Morris
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 14 min read
Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus
The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors.
Robert C. Thornett
· 8 min read
Universities Have a Sustainability Problem
The era of disconnected, infinite knowledge production should draw to a close.
Robert Frodeman
· 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
· 4 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.
Brock Tillman
· 10 min read
The ACT Discriminates
...but not in the way you might expect.
Frederick R. Prete
· 13 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
· 13 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
· 9 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
· 13 min read