Presidential Rankings: Another Symptom of the University Virus
The rankings tells us more about the sickness in the universities than about our presidents.
Who’s to Blame for the Elite Extreme Left?
The Rasmussen poll supports the view that America is under attack from what French author Julien Bender called La Trahison des Clercs—The Treason of the Intellectuals.
Part #4: What’s Wrong with the Universities, and How to Fix It
Getting the feds out is probably the single most important step toward curing our universities.
What’s Wrong with the Universities, and How to Fix It: Part 1
In this series, I explain why our colleges and universities are laboring under a toxic cultural virus. I also offer ways to address the problem.
Why donors should give to think tanks and NOT colleges & universities
“Some donors try to target their grants to certain activities only. But academic administrators have ways of evading such restrictions. [At think tanks] the money probably will be used far more efficiently than if it were dissipated on academic bureaucracy.”
Tenure is for university researchers, not for teachers without research duties
You hear much about the ideal university as a place of free and open inquiry. The historical record is far more sordid.
Some Humor on the Corruption of the the Modern University
A high school senior who has just gone through the college admissions process humorously reflects on her experience in this Wall Street Journal op-ed. Her column is a good P.S. to my recent posting on what’s wrong at modern universities. Beneath the humor, the analysis by Suzy Lee Weiss of the skewed criteria many admissions […]
