Re “Brandeis Cancels Plan to Give Honorary Degree to Rights Advocate, a Critic of Islam” (news article, April 9): Justice Louis D. Brandeis would be turning over in his grave. The university named after...
It’s an old canard that Asian students outperform Americans on international tests of math, science, and reading skills because their schools emphasize rote memorization. In contrast, American schools are said to foster creative thinking,...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and an outspoken critic of Islam, denounced Brandeis University Wednesday for abruptly withdrawing its offer of an honorary degree, accusing the school of stifling free...
Updated, April 9, 1:50 p.m.: Embattled University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall received support on Wednesday from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a national nonprofit known for encouraging university trustees to...
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan said she has personally written letters to the principals of 80 high schools in low-income areas of the state in an effort to aggressively recruit a more diverse...
Kent State University last week said it’s done answering Beacon Journal questions about its search for a new president. In a statement, the university said it delivered hundreds of pages of documents and is...
In 2012 the American Council of Trustees and Alumni commissioned a study on historical literacy among college graduates, and the results were not encouraging. Americans have scarcely improved since a frightening 1999 poll that...
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