by Prof. Jack Lewis | Mar 3, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Bruce Thornton | Thanks to unconstitutional university speech codes, students are losing their intellectual edge. The value of the university once lay in its providing a nurturing space for what English poet and essayist Matthew Arnold called “the free play of the...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Dec 13, 2012 | Grey Matter
By Robert Paquette | Dealing with the new term, “College Sustainability.” The word “sustainability,” like the words “diversity” and “multiculturalism,” has acquired totemic status on college campuses. Go to your favorite college website, look under...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Dec 12, 2012 | Grey Matter
By TheCollegeFix staff | A new Pew Research poll shows that in the wake of record levels of spending and more than $16 trillion in government debt, the Obama administration’s move to increase the role of government in citizen’s lives is having its desired effect: It...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Oct 30, 2012 | Grey Matter
By Richard Vedder | I am teaching my college course in American economic history the same way I did 47 years ago, which is similar to the way Socrates taught 2,400 years ago. I am far from unique. There is nothing wrong with this, but the lack of productivity...