Every American knows that July 4th marks the day, 243 years ago, that the Continental Congress adopted a declaration asserting independence from British rule. Unfortunately, that’s about all we seem to remember. And every month...
Western civilization was founded on a set of philosophies that focus strongly on the sanctity of individuals and their power of logic and reason. This belief led to a desire to trust things that...
For 50 years, our familiarity with American history has taken a beating. In 2008, universities conferred 34,642 degrees in history. By 2017 that number had dropped to 24,266, according to the American Historical Association’s Perspectives on...
South Dakota’s Board of Regents appeared to be sipping from a fire hose Wednesday during a hearing on how to comply with a new law that requires the state’s universities to encourage intellectual diversity...
It all seemed to happen fast, too fast, for some Georgia Tech students. State officials announced June 6 that Ángel Cabrera was the sole finalist to become the school’s next president, replacing G.P. “Bud”...
The University of Chicago’s Principles of Freedom of Expression ought to be standard operating procedure at every college and university. And it is time for the philanthropic community to make it their own operating...
The responsibility for changing a campus culture that has been accepting of excessive substance use has largely fallen on college presidents, but a new report suggests that a more coordinated approach is necessary to...
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