The Problem with 'The Journal of Controversial Ideas' The lack of viewpoint diversity among college and university faculty gives further reason for scholars to be concerned about pursuing and attempting to publish “controversial” ideas. Clay Routledge / Bradley Campbell 27 Nov 2018 · 5 min read
Jews Revolutionized the Universities. Will Asians Do the Same? The historical parallel between Jews and Asians is striking for a number of reasons—including the fact that both cases involve an explicit rejection of the idea that academic merit alone could be a tenable basis for admission. Barbara Kay 23 Nov 2018 · 16 min read
The Institutionalization of Social Justice Last year, Google engineer James Damore was fired after an internal memo he wrote was leaked to technology website Gizmodo, causing an uproar within the company. Uri Harris 17 Nov 2018 · 12 min read
The Hysterical Campus When speakers need police escort on and off college campuses, an alarm bell should be going off that something has gone seriously awry. Heather Mac Donald 19 Sep 2018 · 11 min read
Can Heterodoxy Save the Academy? Notes from the recent Heterodox Academy conference. Andy Ngo 22 Jun 2018 · 7 min read
What’s Wrong with the American Academy A colleague of mine in the economics department once said, “when the price of bullshit is zero, demand is inelastic. Jonathan Anomaly 7 Jun 2018 · 6 min read
It's Time to Marginalize the University and Revive the Café Why would people take academics’ more ridiculous pronouncements so seriously, or seriously at all in the case of communication studies departments? David Adler 21 Dec 2017 · 7 min read
How Activists Took Control of a University: The Case Study of Evergreen State Understanding these mechanisms can hopefully produce a broader sense of how ideologically motivated people are able to acquire and wield so much power. Uri Harris 18 Dec 2017 · 8 min read
