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A collection of 14 posts

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

Why I Left Academia (Since You're Wondering)

Why I Left Academia (Since You're Wondering)

I didn’t have a choice. Thousands of people are driven out of the profession each year.

William Deresiewicz

17 Aug 2022 · 15 min read

Anti-Racism as Office-Politics Power Play: a Canadian Academic Case Study

Anti-Racism as Office-Politics Power Play: a Canadian Academic Case Study

Last week, 53 top Canadian academic administrators convened in Ottawa for a biannual membership meeting of Universities Canada [https://www.univcan.ca/], a group dedicated to “providing university presidents with a unified voice for higher education.” The 89-page meeting agenda, which was leaked to me after the event, makes for

Jonathan Kay

7 Nov 2021 · 8 min read

As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader

As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader

Percy Deift, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, and Sergiu Klainerman

19 Aug 2021 · 12 min read

Like the Campus Thought Police

Like the Campus Thought Police

James D. Miller

28 Apr 2019 · 4 min read

The Dearth of Conservatives in Academic Philosophy

The Dearth of Conservatives in Academic Philosophy

Tristan Rogers

23 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

Harvard’s Flawed Response to Ronald Sullivan Joining Weinstein’s Defense Team

Harvard’s Flawed Response to Ronald Sullivan Joining Weinstein’s Defense Team

Jeffrey S. Flier

5 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

Forget About Decolonizing the Curriculum. We Need to Restore the West’s Telos Before it’s Too Late

Forget About Decolonizing the Curriculum. We Need to Restore the West’s Telos Before it’s Too Late

Doug Stokes

3 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

Liberal Orthodoxy and the New Heresy

Liberal Orthodoxy and the New Heresy

Erik Gilbert

4 Feb 2019 · 8 min read

The Problem with 'The Journal of Controversial Ideas'

The Problem with 'The Journal of Controversial Ideas'

Bradley Campbell and Clay Routledge

27 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

The Institutionalization of Social Justice

The Institutionalization of Social Justice

Uri Harris

17 Nov 2018 · 11 min read

The Hysterical Campus

The Hysterical Campus

Heather Mac Donald

19 Sep 2018 · 10 min read

Can Heterodoxy Save the Academy?

Can Heterodoxy Save the Academy?

Andy Ngo

22 Jun 2018 · 6 min read

What’s Wrong with the American Academy

What’s Wrong with the American Academy

Jonathan Anomaly

7 Jun 2018 · 5 min read