by jstewardfree | Jun 10, 2013 | Grey Matter
By John Mark Reynolds | The Wall Street Journal, noting the retirement of Donald Kagan, states the obvious: higher education is broken. Its brokenness begins with the faculty. College is expensive, dominated by faculty unions, and hostile to moral education. Higher...
by jstewardfree | Jun 7, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Mark Movsesian | Last month, I wrote about a controversy surrounding the White House’s inclusion of a yoga garden in its annual Easter Egg Roll. The problem is this: yoga is a Hindu spiritual practice. Arguably, therefore, state-sponsored yoga is a religious...
by jstewardfree | Jun 5, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Joseph Knippenberg | That title is the motto of my university and the basis of a final exam question I asked the sophomores in my “Great Books” core course. The answers were interesting (in a disheartening way). The students “get” making a difference (a phrase...
by jstewardfree | Jun 3, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Daily Mail Reporter | Men who are strong are more likely to take a right-wing stance, while weaker men support the welfare state, researchers claim. Their study discovered a link between a man’s upper-body strength and their political views. Scientists from Aarhus...
by jstewardfree | May 30, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Mark Perry | The college class of 2011 by academic discipline and gender; and the selective concern about gender imbalances The chart above is based on data from the Department of Education for bachelor’s degrees by academic discipline and the sex of the graduating...
by jstewardfree | May 29, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Anthony Hadford | A commencement speech is an opportunity for students to reflect on their educational experiences and receive advice and inspiration from notable figures in society. For example, in 1941 Winston Churchill told the graduates of Harrow School,...
