by Publius | Jul 1, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter
By James Hankins| (Source) At Harvard, faculty independence has gradually been undermined; we are all worker bees now, serving the monstrous regiment of bureaucrats. We have in the latest version of our General Education curriculum what is essentially a glorified...
by Publius | May 13, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Glenn Moots| (Source) Prompted by student petitions, government orders, and recommendations of epidemiologists, America launched its largest-ever simultaneous educational experiment in March: it took K–12 and postsecondary education online. Though many hoped the...
by Publius | Apr 22, 2020 | Economics and Enterprise, Family, Grey Matter
By Jason Aubry and Nexstar Media Wire | (Source) For five years, Lashawn Samuel walked three miles round trip from his home to a local library to get help with his homework, and it has paid off. The Columbus City Schools student says this spring, he was accepted to...
by Publius | May 13, 2017 | Grey Matter
By R.J. Snell (Source) In his widely discussed book Excellent Sheep, William Deresiewicz ponders why the interests and imagined possibilities of so many students tend to narrow rather than expand during higher education. As freshmen, he notes, many enter with big...
by Publius | Sep 1, 2016 | Grey Matter
By: Eric Metaxas (Source) | One academically rigorous, left leaning university has put its incoming freshmen on notice. It’s become so commonplace on American college campuses that it’s hardly news anymore. Students demanding “safe spaces,” where they aren’t...
