This week, Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts launched a public education campaign to highlight “the dangers and potential harm of anti-abortion centers.” Pregnancy crisis centers were relabeled as “Anti-Abortion Centers” that seek to emotionally manipulate and misinform pregnant women about…
One of the more disturbing outcomes of the late 2023 congressional investigation into the prevalence of antisemitism on America’s college and university campuses was the discovery of widespread plagiarism. No sooner was it clear that Harvard president Claudine Gay may…
A fellow professor and Roman Catholic asked me recently whether I could direct him toward any books that would help him understand the relationship between religious culture and the arts, including architecture. He said that he had asked his university…
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Wednesday that protects the right of parents to have their children excused during the school day for religious or moral instruction. HB 1425 excuses a student for no more than three class…
The Washington Free Beacon has revealed that UCLA’s medical school is compromising admissions standards in order to increase racial diversity. “We are not consistent in the way we apply the metrics to these applicants,” said one admissions official, the outlet…
This is the final installment of my series proposing ways to fix the moral and educational rot that has infested American colleges and universities. Previously, I have proposed (i) enacting legislation making university trustees collectively and individually liable in tort for…
It’s graduation season, and that means universities, already embroiled in controversy, are trying to avoid creating more during graduation ceremonies. The Ohio State University thought it would be safe to ask alumnus and social entrepreneur Chris Pan to give this…
American higher education reached a new low this week as radical students set up encampments on college campuses to protest the war in Israel. On today’s episode of The Spectacle, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay discuss the radicalization of…
“For more than 50 years, Title IX has promised an equal opportunity to learn and thrive in our nation’s schools free from sex discrimination,” proclaimed U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on April 19. “These final regulations build on the legacy of…
