We find ourselves trying to navigate the surging rapids downstream from the confluence of three powerful currents. The first is the great success of liberal institutions in creating prosperity. Dierdre […]
Tag: Education
Ga. Reps Slice Possible Lifeline for Kids in Failing Schools
Bring on the education savings accounts. In March, Florida passed a comprehensive school choice framework, hot on the heels of Iowa and Utah, offering parents increased choice and flexibility with […]
The University of Washington Tries to Squelch Dissident Professor, Gets Sued
With increasing frequency, college and university officials are wading into needless battles that have nothing whatsoever to do with the education of students, but are simply motivated by ideological fervor. […]
Can We Stop Bleeding the Taxpayers to Cover Unpaid Student Loans?
In one of the nation’s greatest blunders, we (that is, our representatives in Congress) decided to subsidize higher education with easy-to-get loans for anyone who wanted to give college a […]
The Calling of Classical Liberal Researchers: Remind Your Neighbor
Classical liberal researchers notice paradoxes and dilemmas in their work, and those dilemmas shape their sense of calling. Here I remark on one dilemma. I draw on the Christian apologist […]
The Childishness of Wokeism
Wokeness features too many flaws even to list – never mind to discourse upon – in an essay of reasonable length. But one among these many flaws stands out for […]
The Diversity Dodge
Elite universities have embarked on a quest for diversity. They have devoted hundreds of millions of dollars to obtaining a diverse faculty. Many universities now require applicants for faculty positions […]
A Canadian Lesson About School Choice and Its Potential To Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities in the United States
Upon the publication of the census of 1961, Canadians could learn, by comparing with the US census of 1960, that the country’s French minority (roughly a quarter of the population) […]
Now the Education Department Wants To Make It Even Easier on Students Who Have Borrowed for College
Last year, President Biden decreed that students who have federal college loans would have $20,000 of their debts canceled. That action has been challenged since it usurps Congress’s power of […]
An Apostate Indicts Our Educational System
Michel Gibson was on the road to a career in the academic world. He was about to begin a Ph.D. program in philosophy at Oxford, when he realized that a […]