Opinions

PROF. GIORDANO: I found real intellectual diversity far away from elite colleges

No performative outrage, no ideological litmus tests or demands for conformity. Instead, it was what higher educati…

By Nicholas Giordano
Apr 30, 2025

PROF. JENKINS: Harvard finds wingtip on the other foot as Trump moves to revoke its tax-exempt status

It’s hard to feel sorry for Harvard or any of the other elite institutions that face losing federal funding.

By Rob Jenkins
Apr 17, 2025

PROF. GARRETT: California community colleges are playgrounds for fraud and failure

One-third of applicants to the California Community College system may have been fabricated identities used to harv…

By Matthew Garrett
Apr 16, 2025

MARSCHALL: Do not ignore the role social class plays in higher education’s broken culture

At the center of Harvard University's nightmare, as well as the decisions to hire leaders unfit to fight anti-Semi…

By Zachary Marschall, PhD
Apr 11, 2025

PROF. GARRETT: Harvard’s math class problem shows why merit still matters

This is what happens when ideology replaces merit. Rigor erodes. Degrees lose value. Employers stop trusting diplom…

By Matthew Garrett
Apr 9, 2025

PROF. ELLWANGER: Academic Freedom Alliance wrongly defends student agitators

The notion that a 'free exchange of ideas' cannot happen unless foreign activists have a physical presence at our u…

By Adam Ellwanger
Apr 8, 2025

PROF. GARRETT: California’s reckless defiance of Title IX

In California, community colleges are pretending Trump's new rules banning men in women's sports don’t apply to the…

By Matthew Garrett
Mar 25, 2025

PROF. GARRETT: Free speech and honest inquiry win in the University of California System

The University of California has begun to turn the page on ideological gatekeeping and is taking its first steps to…

By Matthew Garrett
Mar 21, 2025

ANALYSIS: Gen Z is at the Forefront of the Digital Currency Revolution

Gen Z has more cryptocurrency investors than any other generation, with 42% of young investors owning crypto, a pol…

By Emily Sturge
Mar 13, 2025

ANALYSIS: DoD eliminates leftism as military recruitment bounce signals surge in Gen Z patriotism

A surge in recruitment indicates rising optimism among young Americans—especially young men who have found pride in…

By Emily Sturge
Mar 7, 2025

PROF. JENKINS: Can we reform the professoriate?

If we’re going to reform the professoriate, we must start early, encouraging more conservative young people to purs…

By Rob Jenkins
Feb 28, 2025

PROF. GARRETT: California chancellor resisting Trump executive order wastes taxpayers’ money

Administrators now have a choice. They can ignore federal law and drag their institutions into turmoil—or they can …

By Matthew Garrett
Feb 27, 2025

ANALYSIS: Conservative values are the roadmap for post-COVID education reform

70 percent of 8th graders are below proficiency in math and reading, but post-pandemic learning loss is worse in bl…

By Emily Sturge
Feb 25, 2025

ANALYSIS: The women’s sports legal battle has just begun

President Donald Trump recently signed his executive order titled ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.'

By Emily Sturge
Feb 24, 2025

PROF. GIORDANO: Congress must dismantle the Department of Education

The elimination of the Department of Education isn’t a radical idea. It was only founded in its current form in 197…

By Nicholas Giordano
Feb 24, 2025

ANALYSIS: Georgetown Professor says leftists are seeking therapy after Trump victory

America’s colleges and universities have had a steady hand in creating a mental health epidemic of hypersensitivity…

By Emily Sturge
Feb 15, 2025

ANALYSIS: The Gen Z revival in conservatism

Young Americans feel a renewed confidence in expressing their conservative values across various sectors, from coll…

By Emily Sturge
Feb 10, 2025

PROF. GARRETT: Why these professors are hypocrites on academic freedom

If academic freedom means anything, it must protect faculty from both government coercion and institutional ideolog…

By Matthew Garrett
Feb 7, 2025

PROF. ELLWANGER: Universities’ opposition to ICE raids puts professors on the front line

My university’s guidance does seem designed to delay ICE agents' access to certain spaces on campus and to complica…

By Adam Ellwanger
Feb 6, 2025

PROF. JENKINS: No, I'm not tired of winning

No doubt there are many battles still ahead, but I for one plan to enjoy these victories even as we anticipate more…

By Rob Jenkins
Feb 5, 2025