Constitution Day provides a critical opportunity for students and citizens to reflect on the importance of America’s Founding documents and their relevance to today’s culture. In a republican form of government, the dangers inherent...
The disappearance of political history from the college classroom is a symptom of a larger problem: Why did universities stop requiring American history? Today, only 18 percent of colleges and universities require students to take...
It is now the best of times and the worst of times on college campuses, and in the Windy City in particular. Less than 10 miles separate the University of Chicago and DePaul University...
Let’s concede at the outset that many students find their college years enlightening and enriching. But something is rotten in the state of academia, and it is increasingly hard not to notice. There once...
Among the ideas being floated during this year’s presidential election is one from academia: creating a historian “dream team” to keep the president straight on dates and facts. Two historians with Harvard University’s Belfer Center...
With college costs rapidly escalating, student debt growing, and the real-world applications of some college degrees increasingly questioned, NPR is raising questions about zombies in the classroom. Metaphorically speaking, the concern seems to be that charging...
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