Justice Clarence Thomas, currently the longest serving member of the Supreme Court of the United States, took to the University of Texas at Austin stage this week to hail the principles that founded the U.S. and provide a stark warning about what must be done “if this nation is to endure.” “I think if we don’t stand...
Some professors at Texas A&M have issued a letter expressing outrage over the recent decision to eliminate the women’s and gender studies degree programs. Revving up the dramatics, faculty who run the program warn that the university is dismantling this degree track at a “moment of incendiary dispute across cultural, social, and political difference on...
A recent Inside Higher Ed article (IHE) on the college accreditor, SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) reveals—albeit, unintentionally—a great deal about the disconnect between the higher-education establishment and the rest of the country. Half puff-piece, half press coverage, the article anguishes over “the political trials of a Southern accreditor,” and especially its longtime...