by Kevin Bauder | Jan 26, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Civility, Education
On January 10 the National Association of Scholars published a report alleging that American universities are teaching civics in such a way as to undermine American civilization. On January 17 Stanley Fish responded in the Chronicle of Higher Education, arguing that...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 21, 2017 | About Us, Education, Eschatology, In the Nick of Time
This week’s In the Nick of Time is “I’m Changing the Way I Teach Eschatology” by Kevin T. Bauder. Read it here.
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 17, 2017 | Education, Ethics
Wow. We’ve had a spate of these over the last few years. Now it’s Monica Crowley who is being accused of plagiarizing parts of a book and her doctoral dissertation. See the story at the Chronicle of Higher Education.
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 14, 2017 | America, Documents, Downloads, Education, Politics, Reports
The National Association of Scholars has released a 525 page report on the teaching of civics within American universities. The report argues that traditional civics has been replaced by 60s-style liberal activism, and it views this trend with alarm. You can download...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 13, 2017 | Education, Tolerance
Introducing The New Criterion’s discussion of academic intolerance in an essay entitled “Free Speech and the Academy,” Roger Kimball uses George Orwell’s 1984 as a point of comparison. Orwell intended Nineteen Eighty-four as a warning, an...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 12, 2017 | America, Education, How the Left Thinks
The New Criterion is devoting an entire issue to the new intolerance on university campuses. Herbert Marcuse opens the discussion with an essay on “Why the Left Hates Tolerance.” Here’s his conclusion: The classical liberal (who is also the...
