College

humanities

Does anybody still major in the humanities? 

25 October 2026 12:00 pm

Some statistics are not just illuminating, they are downright shocking. Here’s one. At the University of Texas at Austin, one…

Colleges are making themselves obsolete

5 October 2026 4:37 pm

American higher education is in retreat. It’s shrinking. The for-sale signs have gone up. It’s time for “inventory reduction.” Forty-nine…

MIT

MIT’s China problem

11 December 2020 7:20 am

Mike Pompeo delivered a speech at Georgia Tech on Wednesday about the Chinese Communist party’s undue influence on American higher education.…

campus

Who’s really being silenced on campus?

2 November 2020 6:14 am

The never-ending social justice messaging from our college and university presidents and their legions of diversity, equity and inclusion officers…

insects

Insects of the hour

20 June 2020 4:20 am

Did you go to college? If so, then it is overwhelmingly likely that you have been the recipient of a…

civilization

How to destroy civilization

3 June 2020 9:14 pm

Yogi Berra was right: it’s déjà vu all over again. Just turn on the evening news. If you are old…