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Try Fixing the Core
Sociologist Neil Gross provides new data on the polarization of American higher education in his latest book, What Happened to College?: How Politics Broke Higher Education and What We Can Do to Fix It. His original research and surveys of college students suggest that political…
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What Does Cornell Teach?
On September 16, Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell University alleging that the university failed to protect her and failed to respond appropriately in October 2024 when she was sexually assaulted at a Chi Phi fraternity party. The post What Does Cornell Teach?…
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Two Friends Take a Stroll
Editor’s Note: The following is a work of fiction. In our day, it seems lost on many that works of fiction can reveal profound truths about the human condition. Perhaps that’s because so few people read anymore. But at Minding the Campus, where we champion the liberal arts and…
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Demo Cliff
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports the presumably happy news under the headline “In First Year of ‘Demographic Cliff.’ Fall Undergraduate Enrollment Held Steady.” Those of us who have been warning of that fateful cliff have some crow to consume. Can this be real? The…
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Sister Cindy Says, ‘Hell Is Hot, Don’t Be a Thot’
“Hell is hot, don’t be a thot.” That is one of the many slogans coined by Cindy Smock, better known as Sister Cindy, a 67-year-old evangelical Christian preacher touring American colleges and universities as part of what she calls the “Ho No Mo Revolution.” Smock began preaching…
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What Guides Peter Wood?
Peter Wood has led the National Association of Scholars (NAS) for nearly two decades. But what has guided him throughout those years? That is one of the questions David Blankenhorn asks Wood in a recent Civic Life podcast, “Peter Wood on the Crisis of Higher Education.” You will…
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Fear Is a Prerequisite for Wisdom
This is the week when pumpkins are carved, costumes are prepared, and millions of kids go from house to house to ask for candy and trick-or-treat. Other than Christmas, which seems to quickly follow in recent years, Halloween is one of the most mystical times of year. The…
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Going Underground
Higher education seems to be biding its time, but what for, and until when, remains unclear. However, recent probes into colleges and universities have unearthed troubling truths: disguised “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), hidden foreign ties with strings attached, and…
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Foggy Still
In 1683, English settlers in Rye, New York, paid “a valuable sum of money” to the Weckquaeskeck people for about 4,400 acres of land 25 miles north of Manhattan. The post Foggy Still appeared first on Minding The Campus .
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What Is Truth?
The American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL) is to be congratulated on its deep historical dive into doctoral dissertations spanning the years 1960–2025. Its report, Humanities in Crisis: A Study of 65 Years of American Dissertation Trends, assembles immensely valuable…
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WATCH: Who Protects Student Privacy?
In an upcoming episode of Brains & Bots, I am joined by Paul Vane, Jersey’s Information Commissioner, whose office oversees data protection and freedom of information on the island. Artificial intelligence (AI) tutors promise personalized instruction at a fraction of the cost of…
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Gould Is Wrong About the Billionaires
My colleague Jared Gould is skeptical of my idea that philanthropy will be the salvation of the lumbering, politicized dinosaur that is the modern university. He has a point. All money comes with strings attached, whether it comes from the national treasury or from the pockets…