In a series of panel discussions on Friday, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni wrestled with intellectual diversity, academic freedom, curriculum reform, and lax university management. The discussions were part of the group’s...
Students trickle into class at Murkland Hall and settle into hard wooden desks, the kind with a writing platform that juts out like a left or right wing, the kind ostensibly designed to keep...
Kudos to the University of Colorado for beginning to tackle one of the most troubling problems facing higher education: grade inflation. Let’s hope other institutions follow suit. People are quite familiar with the problem...
In 1947, two years after our final victory in World War II, President Harry S. Truman and other prominent national leaders were interested in reminding Americans why our country had fought so hard to...
University of New Hampshire trustees defended professor William Woodward in response to a national organization’s call for an intensive review of his teaching, including his controversial theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In a...
When it was revealed that professor William Woodward believed the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks, it sparked outrage from Granite State political figures and a muted response from officials at the University...
A national group has suggested that a formal review of a University of New Hampshire professor’s teaching is necessary, including his views that government officials orchestrated the Sept.11, 2001 attacks. The American Council of...
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