Don’t Believe the Hype
By Richard Vetter | Our universities have become graduate factories. Few students go to college to become better people these days, they go to get money. Richard Vedder spells out this malaise over at the "Minding the Campus" blog. Why do students go to college? A...
If I Could Vote…
By Liberty2012 | A Video Blog in which young people realize that if they don’t stand up and speak out for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness today, they will be living in a very different America tomorrow….
Is It or Ought It to Be?
By Prof. Jack Lewis | A good question is a powerful thing. But not all questions are the same. One way of categorizing questions is by evaluating them according to whether they are normative or empirical. An empirical question simply seeks to find out information...
Cheating at Harvard
By Eric Metaxas | Let's Be Honest About Ourselves | The disciplinary board at Harvard recently announced that it was investigating allegations of cheating that were described as “unprecedented in anyone’s living memory.” The allegations of plagiarism and...
School District Bans Dance
by USA Today | A Rhode Island school district banned traditional "father-daughter" and "mother-son" activities as discriminatory, the Providence Journal reports. Read more....
Are You Charlotte Simmons?
By Prof. Jack Lewis | I am Charlotte Simmons, makes his point with very little padding in place. He aims for both the head and the stomach and seems to hit them both. I will not spoil the story for you, which takes over 700 pages to tell, but I do believe his point...
Ten Reasons to Ignore the U.S. News Rankings
By Edward B. Fiske | There are certainly some good reasons for some people to take the U.S. News college rankings seriously. Presidents of schools that went up a notch or two can trumpet the fact to their trustees while noting modestly, of course, that "we don't...
New FTU Course: Population Control
Is population control necessary for responsible citizens of the world? Are we over-populating, or are we creating a Demographic Winter? AVERAGE TIME: 1 HOUR. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Course Partner: Demographic Winter Sign in to www.freethinku.com to learn more about...
Sex and God at Yale
by Robert P. George | Nathan Harden's new book "Sex and God at Yale" will be of interest to anyone who is concerned about the moral state of campus culture at colleges and universities in the US. Read more....