We Don’t Need No Education

Who needs fancy book learnin’ if you already have all the answers?

Xenophobia and Trump’s Latest Visa Move

Ramping up the H-1B fees is not a good idea.

More Attacks on Universities

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Why the Attacks on Academia Matter

An illustration from the Charlie Kirk discourse as to why stories like the TAMU firing matter.

TAMU Follow-Up: Professor Fired

And let’s look at the catalog, shall we?

Texas A&M Dean and Department Head Removed over Faculty Member Teaching about Gender

A student, her cell phone, and yet more authoritarianism in contemporary America.

Columbia’s $200 Million ‘Deal’ with Trump Administration

A breaking of the social contract.

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Trump DOE Attacks Columbia Accreditation

The administration’s war on higher ed has escalated.

Lunchtime Logic With Mr. Spock

Consider it a PSA.

Stop Conflating Elite Schools with All Schools!

A plea to the mass media and anyone else who is guilty.

Ten Observations About College Students

These sweet, anxious, thoughtful, and genuinely loveable students know in their bones that their future is deeply uncertain and shaped by adults who appear to have no idea what they’re doing.

More Attacks on International Students

This time: Chinese students.

Who Wants International Students?

Clearly not the Trump administration.

Joseph Nye, 1937-2025

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Making America Inhospitable

The targeting of international students.

Higher Ed is an Area of Trade Surplus

But the Trump administration is out to wreck it.

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Reverse Brain Drain

America’s edge in innovation, built over a century, is being squandered in weeks.

Attacking Centers of Truth

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

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The War on Higher Ed

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

Principal Resigns After Rankings Decline

What makes a good school good?

Biden Canceled 1 Million Student Loans

He’s aggressively using relief for public service workers.

So, Is This What “Conservative” Academics Looks Like?

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

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Harris to Cut Degree Requirements

A modest proposal for Civil Service reform.

Post-Affirmative Action College Campuses

More data shows a more complicated picture.

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A Diversity Anecdote

It would be nice if it just happened without any help.

MIT After Affirmative Action

The predicted has happened.

Brown v. Board at 70

Seven decades after de jure segregation was outlawed, de facto segregation is alive and well.

School District Settles with Teacher Fired for Refusing to Use Preferred Pronouns

We need to put this nonsense to rest, stat.

Sometimes History Rhymes In Ironic Ways

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”

Campus Crackdowns Escalate

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

Colleges and Anti-Israel Protests

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

Columbia Israel Divestment Protests Turn Ugly

On-campus classes have been suspended and Jewish students told to find safety.

Diversity Without Quotas

It’s harder than I would have thought.

Porn, Public Employees, and the First Amendment

I know a fireable offense when I see it.

Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard President

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

Liberal Professors Fleeing Florida

The DeSantis crackdown on academic freedom is having its desired effect.

The (American) Politics of Israel-Palestine

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Home Schooling Exploding if You Were Taught Math at Home

The innumeracy hurts.

Student Loan Forgiveness Done Right

Helping the victims of degree mills.

France’s Crackdown on Religious Garb Expands

The abaya is now banned as well.

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Schools, Diversity Initiatives, and Parental Rights

There’s an inherent tension in public education.

When Does A University Stop Being a University?

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

Flagship University Arms Race

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

Dan Patrick’s Response to the Texas A&M Faculty Suspension Controversy

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

Florida Backs Down, Allows AP Psychology

Sanity has prevailed.

Florida’s School Censorship Runs Into Roadblocks

The state has banned the teaching of science in science classes.

Florida Curriculum Politics Update

A tale from the DeSantis’ Woke Wars.

An Authoritarian Tale

Don’t offend the Lt. Governor in Texas.