‘If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” These words come from an 1816 letter written by Thomas Jefferson...
If Apple couldn’t invent the iPhone without a corporate board of expert members, why do private colleges and universities treat their own governing boards like dumb ATMs? That’s the question posed by Ryan Craig,...
With the official tip-off of March Madness this week, tales of Cinderella stories and thrilling comebacks abound. But beneath the annual spectacle of the NCAA tournament lies an ugly truth: Academic misconduct and lowered...
The campaign on university campuses to boycott Israel poses a threat to academic freedom, a report (.pdf) published Thursday by an academic nonprofit group stated. The report, compiled by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, showed how...
Students and faculty members are usually the most active participants in campus discussions about the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. A new report that’s highly critical of the boycott campaign argues that...
Rising from an abandoned motel and gas station off Du Pont Highway, Wilmington University prides itself on small class sizes, a dozen intimate campuses without the frills, and faculty and trustees who are intensely loyal. It’s a...
Greater knowledge of the past would help improve America’s public discourse. Once again, President’s Day has come and gone and Americans spent little time reflecting on their past leaders—in part, because Americans know so...
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