Higher Education

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Unlearning Liberty

Denyse O'Leary | 28 November 2012 |

tags: book reviews, freedom of speech, higher education

American universities are discouraging students from expressing controversial views.

The Victims’ Revolution

Harley J. Sims | 09 November 2012 |

tags: book reviews, higher education

In a new book a gay writer pens a powerful indictment of identity studies as dogmatic cults.

Poisoned Ivies

Michael W. Hannon | 17 September 2012 |

tags: book reviews, higher education, pornography

Nathan Harden’s “Sex and God at Yale” graphically shows what moral bankruptcy and relativism has produced at America's most elite universities.

The season for commencement has begun…

Alma Acevedo | 29 May 2012 |

tags: higher education

Enough of comedians and dissenters at the podium. Bring back speakers who offer direction for life's journey.

The dangers of knowledge without wisdom

Steven Schwartz | 28 February 2012 |

tags: higher education, liberal education

Which should be uppermost in students’ minds: a good job or a good life?

College blues and the twinkie factor

Kevin Ryan | 13 January 2012 |

tags: higher education, mental illness

How should a college professor deal with students' mental health excuses?

Should China be our model in higher education?

Thomas C. Reeves | 03 January 2012 |

tags: China, higher education

The notion that universities should teach only subjects which are useful and profitable is nonsense.

Is American higher education cheating students?

Thomas C. Reeves | 29 November 2011 |

tags: higher education, liberal arts

There are many surprises in a survey of what students actually learn at college. Some leading institutions get Ds.

Professing at the podium

Alma Acevedo | 16 November 2011 |

tags: higher education, post-modernism

The problem with some professors is that they only seem to know one thing: problems.

Unwinding Marquette’s unhiring

Thaddeus J. Kozinski | 03 June 2010 |

tags: higher education, homosexuality, liberalism

A leading Catholic university has rescinded a job offer to a lesbian academic, prompting allegations of illiberal discrimination. Who’s at fault?

Do we need more college graduates?

Thomas C. Reeves | 11 May 2010 |

tags: higher education

Vocational training is one thing. Engagement with the great questions of life, culture and politics is another.

Never tire of asking questions

Jack Martin | 11 May 2010 |

tags: higher education, science, stem cell research

A university education enables students to scrutinise ethically dubious claims made by some scientists

Liberalism and higher education

Christopher O. Tollefsen | 11 May 2010 |

tags: freedom, higher education, liberalism

We all agree that we should be free, equal and independent. But what does it mean to be free?