Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the College Fix on October 21, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Elite universities are using the H-1B foreign worker visa program to staff their “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) offices, according to a Republican senator. Missouri Senator Eric […] The post Republican Senator Says Elite Universities Are Using H-1B Visas to Staff DEI Po...| Minding The Campus
Only in America! News outlets recently mourned the passing of Sister Jean Schmidt, who lived to the remarkable age of 106. What made her so noteworthy? She wasn’t a humanitarian on the path to sainthood, nor a theological visionary. She was, rather, celebrated as America’s most devoted sports fan. She was a nun famous for […] The post America’s Most Exceptional Folly appeared first on Minding The Campus.| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note:The following is an excerpt of an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on October 21, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. What is the National Association of Scholars (NAS)? One answer was provided in the current issue of the Chronicle […] The post What is the National Association of Scholars? appeared first on Minding The Campus.| Minding The Campus
Author’s Note: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent the official position or views of Baylor University. The Memorial to Enslaved Persons at Baylor University, a private Christian university in Waco, Texas, represents an effort to acknowledge and make amends for the university’s historical ties to the objectively […] The post Redemption for a Baylor Memorial appeared first on Minding The Campus.| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the College Fix on October 15, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Nearly half of U.S. states offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students despite federal restrictions on such benefits, according to the Higher ED Immigration Portal. Among […] The post 22 States Still Offer In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrant Students appeared first on Mindi...| Minding The Campus
“Under the Trump Administration, America is descending into the long night of fascism.” That is the mantra of professors around the country who condemn the administration’s efforts in higher education to reverse the recent explosion of anti-Semitism, to ensure the presentation of multiple viewpoints, and to end programs that violate the Supreme Court decision in […] The post The Rot Inside Higher Education Is Too Deep to Self-Correct appeared first on Minding The Campus.| Minding The Campus
Like many others, I have found myself less efficient and effective at work over the past few weeks. On Wednesday, September 10, I was very upset that Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a college event in Utah while engaging in free speech. I was thinking about what a tragedy that was for his young children, […] The post UofL’s Selective Empathy appeared first on Minding The Campus.| Minding The Campus
On January 1, 1990, Charles Krauthammer penned a piece for Foreign Affairs in which he asserted that the world had now entered the “Unipolar Moment,” a moment in which the United States remained the sole superpower and arbiter of world affairs through the American-led financial, trade, economic, and security-based system. In this article, Krauthammer stated: […] The post America’s Unipolar Moment Is Coming to an End—Its Universities Must Adapt to the Rising Multipolar Order appeared...| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on American Greatness on October 10, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. On September 30, 2025, a federal trial court in Massachusetts found that the Trump Administration violated the First Amendment in March when it moved to detain and deport Mahmoud […] The post Visa Students: Non-Citizens Are Guests and Should Not Have the Same Rights as Americans ...| Minding The Campus
It’s no secret that academic dishonesty is rampant at colleges and universities across the country—around the world, really. Indeed, cheating, to use the old-fashioned term, has been on the rise for decades, beginning with the arrival of the internet in the 1990s, and it took a quantum leap at the start of this decade. According to Times Higher Education, the […] The post Why Do Students Cheat So Much? appeared first on Minding The Campus.| Minding The Campus
The joy of learning to build something useful, of unearthing what no one has seen before, of understanding what was once obscure or even a mystery, of finally putting the data together, of creating something new are intellectual and spiritual joys. The satisfaction of disciplining yourself to effectuate a goal, of working with a team, […]| Minding The Campus
In this first episode of our new podcast, VAS News Chat, I join Teresa Manning, Policy Director at the National Association of Scholars and President of its Virginia affiliate, for a deep dive into my recent article, “America’s Obsession with Diplomas Is Killing Opportunity,” in which I argue that credentials have become an illegitimate precondition […]| Minding The Campus
Author’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the site. A Social Media […]| Minding The Campus
Author’s Note: This excerpt is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, sign up on Minding the Campus’s homepage. Simply go to the right side of the page, look for “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” and […]| Minding The Campus
The Harvard Crimson has a grammar-challenged headline asking, “Who Does Harvard Owe?” The editors rebuff all those who believe that Harvard owes something to America. Or for that matter, to “Congress,” the media, its alumni, and others on the question of how the university should be governed. The Crimson’s answer boils down to ‘shove off, […]| Minding The Campus
On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced the relocation of HUD headquarters to Alexandria, Virginia, where National Science Foundation (NSF) staff are currently sited. As NBC4 Washington reported, NSF employees promptly staged a protest, filling the hallways in Alexandria, chanting, shaking their fists, and forcing HUD’s press announcement […]| Minding The Campus
With a modernized society full of rapidly evolving medical technology, widespread use of computerized gadgets, artificial intelligence (AI), and a booming space industry, life in the 21st century has begun to feel more and more like a science fiction movie. What began as simply dreams—just beginning to take shape in the mid-1900s—has now become normal […]| Minding The Campus
Author’s Note: This excerpt is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, sign up directly by entering your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of […]| Minding The Campus
Harvard Equates Criticizing Hamas Supporters With Racism| Minding The Campus
This essay has two parts. The first part painted a collective portrait of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) staff through the books they recommended for others. Here, I offer personal thoughts on what should constitute common reading for those who, like me, believe our society would thrive if more of us engaged with a […]| Minding The Campus
Texas universities, similar to Iowa’s Public Schools, maintain affirmative action plans, likely in noncompliance with state legislation, recent executive orders, and the Department of Education’s (ED) latest Dear Colleague letter. Passed in late 2023, Texas’s Senate Bill 17 specifically banned “policies or procedures designed or implemented in reference to race, color, or ethnicity.” Affirmative action plans directly contradict this, mandating race-based “strategies” […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of an article originally published on the author’s Substack Diogenes In Exile on November 14, 2024. With edits to fit MTC’s style, it is crossposted here with permission. Taking Action: Restoring Evidence-Based Counseling Programs in the Face of Social Justice Ideology For those who have watched the transformation of psychology from […]| Minding The Campus
In the dead of night on November 21, a group of students linked to Sarah Lawrence College’s (SLC) Divestment Coalition stormed Westlands, the school’s main administrative building, and announced their occupation through social media. This was no quiet protest. Hiding their identities behind masks, the group decorated the building with signs, barricaded doors, and blocked […]| Minding The Campus
In recent decades, the intellectual climate in higher education has been toxic, resulting in predictable effects on society. This toxicity is seen in an explosion of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) statements and staffing, plagiarism and replication scandals, and the frequent silencing of conservative views and harassment of conservative scholars. Clearly, academia’s intellectual environment needs […]| Minding The Campus
This week is my favorite week of the year. Thanksgiving offers an official period of several days away from the office and school to reflect and give thanks to family and friends for our abundant blessings as Americans. It is worth remembering the original story of the Pilgrim’s embarkation on the Mayflower as recorded in […]| Minding The Campus
Get Off Facebook: America Was Not Founded on Separation Between Church and State| Minding The Campus
Higher Education Can Survive Its Challenges, and AI Can Help, Says Academic Strategist| Minding The Campus
The temptation to twist logic for racist ends is almost irresistible. I encountered an almost humorous example a few months ago in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by a professor of religious studies and philosophy. Richard Amesbury’s claim is that criticism of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies is racist. Which is […]| Minding The Campus
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case about judicial standards for determining whether employment discrimination occurred, which favored or disadvantaged persons of different genders. What implications, if any, does this unanimous decision have for the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) movement? DEI’s Momentum and Judicial Pushback Central […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on Law & Liberty on May 27, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. American higher education is characterized by many forms of tuition discounts, often called “scholarships.” Some of them are based on distinguished academic achievement, but often […]| Minding The Campus
One day after President Biden’s inaugural address stressing national unity, he signed an “Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” He created another Executive Order in February 2023, this time expanding the equity mandate to the operation of every federal program. These executive orders (EOs) had a […]| Minding The Campus
Is It Time to Retire Social and Emotional Learning?| Minding The Campus
The National Association of Scholars (NAS) joined the Heritage Foundation for a panel discussion, “Unveiling DEI: Examining Its True Impact on Higher Education,” on August 20 in Washington, D.C. A recording of the full event, which featured Jay Greene, Heritage senior research fellow; Scott Yenor, professor of political science at Boise State University and Washington […]| Minding The Campus
NAS and Heritage Foundation Join to Unveil DEI’s Influence on Higher Education| Minding The Campus
The higher education community awaited a Supreme Court decision regarding campus admissions with great anxiety. After the Court issued Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) banning such racial discrimination, many campuses deplored it and sought ways to avoid its effect. An official letter to the “Dear Terrapin Community” […]| Minding The Campus
The higher education community awaited a Supreme Court decision regarding campus admissions with great anxiety. After the Court issued Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) banning such racial discrimination, many campuses deplored it and sought ways to avoid its effect. An official letter to the “Dear Terrapin Community” […]| Minding The Campus
DEI on Campus? It’s a Protection Racket| Minding The Campus
WATCH: Science Bargains with Trump, Protesters Storm NSF, and Slugs Go Solar| Minding The Campus
Ohio SB 1, which will do an extraordinary amount to depoliticize Ohio’s public higher education system, strengthen intellectual diversity, and restore its accountability to Ohio policymakers and citizens, well and truly will become law. Governor Mike DeWine signed SB 1 into law at the end of March. Since then, Ohio professors organized a petition campaign […]| Minding The Campus
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shuttered its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) office, eliminated diversity statements from faculty job applications, and cut its Vice President of Equity and Inclusion position. A promising step, but don’t be fooled—DEI persists at MIT. It hasn’t been rebranded; it’s still openly embedded. Interdepartmental committees thrive, and numerous administrative […]| Minding The Campus
Forty-Four Years in French Academia—And Why It’s All Gone Wrong| Minding The Campus
Professors Have Much to Learn from This College Dropout| Minding The Campus
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) on campus has engendered a chorus of doom and gloom among conservative commentators. Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, citing a survey from the Guardian showing a sharp rise in AI cheating, said recently that “AI has killed what was left of the education system. It’s over.” But is that […]| Minding The Campus
For those of you who have been following my publication trail with Minding the Campus, you are likely familiar with my frequent discussions on scientific ethics. I have commented on research misconduct, peer review fraud, and the reproducibility crisis, examining the effect of careless behavior and intentional fabrication in the scientific world and their profound […]| Minding The Campus
The presence of artificial intelligence (AI) on college campuses is a foregone conclusion—a recent report found that 93 percent of students use it regularly for coursework. By this point, it is no longer a question of whether AI tools will be used on college campuses, but instead, how they will be used. Back in July, […]| Minding The Campus
As universities attempt to rebrand their “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs and offices, many have embraced the term “inclusive excellence,” promoting it as a strategy to recognize and cultivate both individual and institutional success. Inclusive excellence is framed as a method that values multiple perspectives to enhance overall performance. But in practice, it is […]| Minding The Campus
For my entire adult life, I can’t recall an initiative to collect data to combat racial discrimination that has not been met with enthusiastic support. But then President Trump announced that colleges would have to submit more of their admissions data to combat racial discrimination, and things got weird. To understand the context here, recall […]| Minding The Campus
International students have long been a lifeline for universities; one could even argue that they are a cash cow. They bring global perspectives, help fill enrollment gaps, and—very importantly—pay tuition at higher levels that subsidize the tuition of domestic students. For decades, countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia competed […]| Minding The Campus
What if I told you that a college dropout did more for higher education than many college professors? Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), never earned a formal degree; yet, his influence on American campuses has reshaped discussions around free speech and viewpoint diversity. Kirk dropped out of college, opting instead to […]| Minding The Campus
This article presents a sharp and witty critique of the challenges faced in navigating modern technology in higher education. It effectively blends humor and personal anecdotes, utilizing clever cultural references. The engaging writing style is accessible yet insightful, pulling readers in with vivid metaphors and irony. I know this because the artificial intelligence (AI) platform […]| Minding The Campus
American colleges and universities are facing an unprecedented moment of adjustment. President Trump’s second term has brought sweeping higher education reforms—executive orders against “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) bureaucracies, stricter enforcement against campus anti-Semitism, new scrutiny of foreign funding, and heightened pressure on institutions that grant privileges to illegal aliens. We anticipated a spectrum of […]| Minding The Campus
The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University has thrust the subject of political violence into the national spotlight. As expected, pundits and politicians quickly framed the attack as a rare outburst from the left, leaning on studies showing that right-wing extremists commit more politically motivated murders. Don Lemon, who was fired from […]| Minding The Campus
If the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can successfully prevent woke artificial intelligence (AI) in the federal government, as outlined in Trump’s Executive Order Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government (EO 14319), then perhaps academic institutions, corporations, and publicly available AI systems could also be freed from the prevailing mindset of engineering […]| Minding The Campus
Every semester, I pose a question to my students: Why are you here? Would you prioritize deep learning, even if it meant a lower grade, or chase the highest grade, even at the cost of true understanding? They almost always claim learning matters most. But I’m growing skeptical that they actually mean it. Those words […]| Minding The Campus
How a Generation Lost Its Common Culture| Minding The Campus
By Patrick Deneen My students are know-nothings. They are exceedingly nice, pleasant, trustworthy, mostly honest, well-intentioned, and utterly decent. But their brains are largely empty, devoid of any substantial knowledge that might be the fruits of an education in an inheritance and a gift of a previous generation. They are the culmination of western civilization, […]| Minding The Campus
Our society has become obsessed with science, engineering math, and technology (STEM)—not only in the name of progress but also because we have deemed reading and writing almost wholly unimportant. According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the number of humanities bachelor’s degrees awarded to graduating seniors across American universities decreased by approximately […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the College Fix on September 09, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. Grand Valley State University’s (GVSU) Frederik Meijer Honors College has shifted toward a “social justice” orientation in both its curriculum and admissions in an effort to increase racial diversity, according to emails recently obtained […]| Minding The Campus
In response to my recent Martin Center article, “The Emptiness of Antisemitism Studies,” George Leef wrote in National Review and posed the question: “Can American universities take antisemitism seriously?” His framing perfectly captured the larger stakes of the problem. My original piece—later reprinted in Minding the Campus and by the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research—showed […]| Minding The Campus
In Season 5, Episode 7 of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore—ever the ambitious Yale student journalist—follows whispers and cryptic clues to the Life and Death Brigade, a secret society of Yale’s wealthy elite known for their reckless, over-the-top spectacles. Her way in comes through Logan Huntzberger, the heir of a media dynasty and a core member […]| Minding The Campus
It’s been 24 years. September 11, 2001, was a Tuesday, but what I recall just as vividly is what happened the day before. The week of September 10-15 was to be “Palestinian Awareness Week” at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst). Everything changed on Tuesday morning, but on Monday afternoon, we had no idea […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on Gatestone Institute on August 26, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. “The hate of the Jews,” Safra Catz, CEO of the U.S. technology giant Oracle, pointed out in 2024, “is the most ancient and continuous hate […]| Minding The Campus
A recent Minding the Campus article reported that more than two dozen publications, co-authored by Arizona State University (ASU) professor Sethuraman Panchanathan, have been flagged on PubPeer. Panchanathan is the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), which outsources plagiarism investigations to the universities it funds. If you were a university funded by NSF, would […]| Minding The Campus
GMU PhD Student’s Call to Kill Trump Sparks Free Speech Debate| Minding The Campus
“Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.” – Proverbs 22:28 (KJV) In the latest row between conservative and liberal theologians over LGBT issues, conservative Anglican leaders said that “they could no longer recognize England’s archbishop of Canterbury as first among equals and called for an overhaul of how the global denomination is […]| Minding The Campus
Christian Higher Education Is Gen Z’s Salvation| Minding The Campus
Author’s Note: This excerpt is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, sign up on Minding the Campus’s homepage. Simply go to the right side of the page, look for “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” and […]| Minding The Campus
What to Know Before You Transfer from Community College| Minding The Campus
The Climate Crisis That Never Comes—and the Fear It Fuels| Minding The Campus
Student Essay—Sex Work as Empowerment? Straight-Up Gaslighting| Minding The Campus
My former French professor imparted this message to the class: college is the time to be selfish. Travel, drink, have plenty of sex. She was exceptionally cool, I thought. But, looking back, her advice couldn’t have been more misguided for young men and women. “Situationship,” “friends with benefits,” “you up babe”—these are the trendy phrases […]| Minding The Campus
In 1970, I was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City. This quickly triggered invitations to speaking on campuses throughout the U.S.—from Yale to Harvard to Stanford. Each engagement led to an average of three more. However, after starting hundreds of men’s and women’s groups — […]| Minding The Campus
Will you help us continue our work to reform American higher education?| Minding The Campus
Federal Anti-DEI Guidelines Must Be Enforced Locally—State Attorneys General Should Step Up| Minding The Campus
I’ve recently had the honor and the pleasure to serve on the Workgroup assembled by the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) to help draft Florida’s new K-12 History of Communism standards. I shouldn’t say anything about the draft standards in detail, since they haven’t yet been published, but my fellow workgroup members and the members […]| Minding The Campus
The House of Representatives has passed its version of the reconciliation bill, which includes a new accountability system for higher education. Under this system, colleges would be responsible for reimbursing the government for a share of the government losses on loans to their students, with the share being determined by the college’s cost relative to […]| Minding The Campus
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Proverbs 18:21 (English Standard Version) The Bible is full of wise references to the power of our words. We can use words to build up or tear down. Ideally, words are given life to communicate important […]| Minding The Campus
There have been ongoing campus protests against Israel, with participation from Arab students and members of the public. Unfortunately, some Jews, both on and off campus, are also involved in these protests. But what about vigils or demonstrations in support of Israel, the only Jewish state in the world? In universities dominated by radical leftist […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: This article, originally published in French by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 4, 2022, was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. The expression “glass ceiling” is a polysemic metaphor, at least in its use. […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Law & Liberty on November 13, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Disparity studies comparing various demographic groups based on different outcomes in education, employment, health, housing, and income have been a staple of public policy analysis for decades. […]| Minding The Campus
Minding the Campus has launched a new column featuring translated articles from the Observatory of University Ethics, a collective of volunteer academics led by Xavier-Laurent Salvador, a faculty member at the Sorbonne. This collaboration brings a valuable international perspective to our site, offering insights into global higher education issues seen through a French lens, with […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal on November 13, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Professor John Ellis has been a critic of our higher education system for many years. His book the Breakdown of Higher Education—which I […]| Minding The Campus
Of course, Paul Revere was a hero as he rowed and rode to alarm the countryside around Boston: “The British are coming! The British are coming!” (“The Regulars are coming out,” the staid historians tell us were his actual words.) So too were the much neglected William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. We owe our independence and our liberty to their pluck and bravery. […]| Minding The Campus
WATCH: Credentialism’s Toll on American Prosperity| Minding The Campus
Let’s face it: science has gone woke. What used to be an ideological virus afflicting the arts and humanities has now spread through the entire university, STEMM fields included. That’s why Minding the Campus is renewing our focus on the sciences through a new, ongoing article series called Minding the Sciences. Here, we’ll cover wokeism in STEMM, scientific integrity, research funding, climate science, scientific associations, and much more.| Minding The Campus
In July, I attended the 41st Annual Meeting of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) in Tucson, Arizona. The meeting opened with the national anthem played beautifully on the trumpet and the violin by the teenage sons (Benjamin and Franklin!) of Willie Soon, the first speaker. DDP was founded in the early 1980s as a “group […]| Minding The Campus
Author’s Note: This excerpt is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, sign up on Minding the Campus’s homepage. Simply go to the right side of the page, look for “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” and […]| Minding The Campus
Ames v. Ohio Affirms Equal Civil Rights for All, Undercuts DEI Legal Basis| Minding The Campus
George Washington took command of the Continental Army outside Boston on July 3, 1775. He immediately spent a solid week inspecting the army, and only then wrote to the Continental Congress with his first report. The Continental Army was brave, but it could be made better. Above all, Washington needed money. I find myself already […]| Minding The Campus
