Send Your Children to Middlebury College

by Robert P. George

Our motto is “a little learning (or even thinking) is a dangerous thing.” Continue Reading »

17 Mar 2017 0

From Greatness to Inclusivity

by Mark Bauerlein

When a humanities department selects its materials because they reflect identity groups, it no longer functions as a humanities department.
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14 Dec 2016 0

Can Conservatives be at Home on Campus?

by Christopher J. Scalia

The complications of being a conservative in the academy. Should your conservatism be open or hidden? And what of the provocative call for “affirmative action” for conservatives? Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2016 0

Campus Moralism, Old and New

by Connor Grubaugh

The question is not what makes free speech, but what makes good speech. Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2016 0

Dispatches of a Microaggression Scout

by Clare Halpine

Welcome, everyone. I want to say a few things, in no particular order, as I don’t see hierarchy. Let me put my glasses on: 1. You belong here.2. This is a safe space. 3. No one is an expert; we are here to learn as we go. Before we get started, I’d like to ask you to fill out a privilege check. . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2016 0

More on Union University and the CCCU

by Scot McKnight

In his recent article responding to Carl Trueman, Provost of Union University C. Ben Mitchell makes the point again—joining his President—that Union’s reason for disunion with the CCCU was theological fidelity in the face of Goshen and Eastern Mennonite's theological unfaithfulness. . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2015 0

Announcing New Multimillion Dollar Aid-for-Adjuncts Grant

by Stephen H. Webb

In what is being hailed as a revolutionary solution to the overpopulation problem of adjuncts in higher education, the Bench Foundation has announced a multi-year program called Aid-for-Adjuncts. The program is the result of a ten-year study of the rapid proliferation of part-time instructors in college, university, and seminary classrooms. For the first time, administrative centers will be established across America, helping school officials formulate proper guidelines for the use and abuse of adjuncts. Continue Reading »

5 Aug 2015 0

More than a Rape Culture

by Greg Forster

The debate over “rape culture” distracts us from the existence of a “rape system” at many of our large college campuses. Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2014 0

Accreditation and Religious Colleges

by Joseph Knippenberg

In an essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education—my industry’s trade journal—Penn’s Peter Conn argues that the regional accrediting agencies, which hold the keys to federal student aid, should under no circumstances give religious colleges and universities their imprimatur. To say the least, Professor Conn is hostile to religion and appears to be utterly unacquainted with what happens on most “faith and learning” infused campuses. Continue Reading »

1 Jul 2014 0