One Day the Trend will End: Higher Ed 2016

One Day the Trend will End: Higher Ed 2016

In 2017, universities will be tempted to follow a dual strategy: resist the Trump administration's discriminatory agenda while adopting its underlying...

On Self-Inflicted Wounds: Precarious Faculty and Academic Freedom

On Self-Inflicted Wounds: Precarious Faculty and Academic Freedom

Since the election there has been much discussion of higher education's self-inflicted wounds. Mark Lilla and Nicholas Kristof, have trotted out the...

Academic Freedom Again

Academic Freedom Again

As you have probably seen, George Ciccariello-Maher, a political scientist at Drexel University has come under fire for tweeting "all I want for Christmas...

As Trump Privatizes Education, Dumping Identity Studies is the Worst Possible Advice

As Trump Privatizes Education, Dumping Identity Studies is the Worst Possible Advice

It feels a little silly to flog Mark Lilla's misinformed and retrograde attack on "identity liberalism" while Donald J. Trump appoints wrecking crews...