At The American Conservative, Michael Warren Davis encourages Americans to “learn a trade,” noting that a plumber can easily make $100,000 a year. He notes the labor deficit in the trades, but also the negative stigma attached to manual labor. He writes (abridged): Corporations need to stop mandating that applicants have useless degrees in subjects […]
Have You Heard of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute?
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, where the motto is “think. live free.” is attempting to fill “the void left by modern higher education.” The institute teaches students the principles of liberty and builds a community allowing them to “get the collegiate experience they hunger for,” where viewpoints aren’t shut out, and rigorous discussion isn’t shut down. […]
Stop Feeding the Leftist Monopoly on Art
At The Federalist, David Marcus explains the Left’s stranglehold on most art in America. He proposes that the applying the free market model to all art, as it is currently applied to stand up comedy, would create greater product diversity. He writes (abridged): It’s no big secret that arts organizations in the United States skew […]
Your Survival Guy Goes to College (Sort of)
Your Survival Guy went to college this week. Actually, I went on a college tour. Our daughter is a Junior in high school and that’s what you do, right? Driving with her for a couple hours in the car was a real eye-opener, because we not only talked about college in general, but she actually […]
Polish Philosopher Ryszard Legutko Deep Sixed at Middlebury
Originally posted on May 1, 2019. Once bastions of first amendment freedom, universities have become tyrannical places of enforced conformity and repressed ideas. At The American Spectator, John Glynn explains the spinelessness of Middlebury College in Vermont. Famed Polish philosopher and politician, Ryszard Legutko was scheduled to speak at the college’s Alexander Hamilton Forum, but […]
When Tiger Parenting Fails, Just Bribe Your Way into Yale
In 2011, Amy Chua set the parenting world ablaze with her book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, part of its subtitle reading, “This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones.” As Chua found out, Chinese parenting doesn’t always work, and adjustments must […]
A Better College Entry Exam with the Classics?
According to Ashley Thorne, of the 48 reading comprehension passages in practice SAT exams available on the College Board website, only three involve classic literature. In an editorial at The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Thorne suggests an alternative that will do more to “cultivate wisdom.” She writes: The idea is straightforward: If we’re going to […]
The Upside-Down Results of Affirmative Action
Admissions to New York City’s top public high schools are based on a single, highly competitive entrance exam. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to relax those standards, reports William McGurn in the WSJ, because the mayor is mortified by the results. For example, of the 895 openings for the freshman class at the NYC’s most […]
Progressives Turn Yale Law School into a Discredited Joke
Can higher education continue to be taken seriously by anyone when administrators cave to every demand of radical progressive students on campus? The answer is undoubtedly no. Yale is taking a lead in proving that. Aaron Haviland reports on Yale’s indefensible attack on its conservative students at The Federalist, writing (abridged): Yale has found a […]
Liberal College Multiculturalism is Emptying Classrooms Nationwide
Originally posted on February 13, 2019. Gilbert Sewall explains at The American Conservative that sensible academics know there is something wrong with the higher education system, but to suggest that unending capitulation to identity studies and multiculturalism is wrong is to risk “professional ruin.” He writes (abridged): The liberal arts have faced many reversals in […]
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