He repeats his concern that QI doctrine rests on "shaky ground" and imposes a "one-size-fits-all doctrine" that is "an odd fit for many cases," including those involving university administrators.
It does not seem that way, despite some reporting to the contrary.
Why is straight reporting on educational reform measures so difficult.
New CDC guidelines strengthen the already compelling case for doing so.
Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on "anti-racism" as a new, misguided civic religion and his new book on curses, Nine Nasty Words.
A free online conference sponsored by the LeFrak Forum on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy at Michigan State University.
The chaos at Lake Washington Institute of Technology is by no means an isolated occurrence.
A Ninth Circuit decision that may be of particular interest to academics.
When the feds failed to track COVID-19, Emily Oster stepped in.
Fourth and final post in my series on how to write an academic book and get it published.
Third in a series of posts on how to write an academic book and get it published.
a response to an important and thoughtful argument by Jacob Levy
In The End of Gender, Debra Soh stands up for impartial research—and for LGBTQ rights.
"Well-intentioned efforts to celebrate diversity may in fact reinforce racial stereotyping," say two Carleton College faculty.
Plus: Georgia makes it a hate crime to damage police property, SCOTUS denies relief to prisoners, Trump escalates war on Chinese apps, study casts doubt on "diversity training," coronavirus in schools, and more…
Plus: Tuesday primary results, TikTok may move to London, polls show growing distrust in media, and more...
"Academic staff...are no longer free to make controversial statements to the general public about politically or socially controversial matters," one of them writes.
When a university president threatens a professor with consequences for writing an article, free expression loses out.
The Souls of Yellow Folk author says a new "elite consensus" fixated on racial outrage is forming and may destroy our ability to function.
Second in a series of posts how how to write an academic book and get it published.
Part I in a series of posts about how to write an academic book and get it published.
It can work well in some circumstances, but so far does not seem like an adequate substitute for conventional classroom instruction for large classes.
In a new book, Peter Boghossian, one of the perpetrators of the "grievance studies" hoax, outlines how ideological opponents can reach common ground.
In fact, they didn’t have any detectable impact at all.
As law students begin classes over the next few weeks, here are some points I hope they will keep in mind that can help make better use of their time in law school - and beyond (reposted from my 2018 post on this subject).
Terms of the grant specified that if Missouri did not use the money to hire free market professors, the donation would revert to Hillsdale.
From textbooks to professors, universities remain mostly hostile to free market thinking.
Some students at the University of the Arts want the firebrand feminist fired. Where did they get the idea they should be picking faculty?
The answer is no, despite conservatives' claims to the contrary. But that does not entirely resolve questions about the wisdom of the policy.
Firing Peter Boghossian for failing to get permission from the institutional review board would threaten academic freedom.
And now the cabal invites you to read it.
Surprise: If you work very, very hard at fooling people, you will often succeed.
Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff explain how "good intentions and bad ideas" have made young people super-fragile-and how to make things better.
Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you.
A new report on the academic influence of law faculties and tallies of legal citations by specialty.
The Volokh Law School "faculty" would outscore all but one other law school in the most recent Leiter ranking of law schools by scholarly impact.
Daniele Struppa says progressives who would deny money simply because of who gives it pose "a grave threat to academic freedom."
Marquette is ordered to reinstate John McAdams.
Deb Mashek explains why intellectual diversity can't be optional if we're serious about higher education.
"What we're really watching is a breakdown in society's capacity to reason with itself," former Evergreen State College evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein tells The Fifth Column.
"I find their performances of masculinity often defy the conventional feminization of meatless diets."
For months, Penn Law has resisted calls to punish Amy Wax for her public comments on race. Yesterday, they caved.
The YouTube sensation headlined Students for Liberty's LibertyCon and embodied the tolerance and good humor he espouses as an interviewer.
