Minding the Campus

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How to Monitor Military Academy Admissions — Minding The Campus

5 days ago | mindingthecampus.org | David Kane

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred the U.S. military service academies from considering race, gender or ethnicity in their admissions processes, ending the practice of affirmative action upheld by the Supreme Court two years ago. This is an easy order for Hegseth to give. But it will be hard for him, much less for Congress and the public, to know that the order is being followed.
There Are Many Washingtons in Washington — Minding The Campus

1 week ago | mindingthecampus.org | David Randall

The Continental Congress appointed George Washington Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 19, 1775. Washington did not think he was qualified for the job. It’s not like any other part of the Patriot resistance was ready for war. Washington was off to lead a bunch of Massachusetts farmers who trained part-time. There were a lot of them, and they’d beaten the over-confident British at Lexington and Concord, but they weren’t much better than a rabble in arms.
Before the Flag, the Fight — Minding The Campus

2 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Jared Gould

On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress took its first bold step toward becoming a nation: it created a national army. Until then, each colony had relied on its own militia. But after the violent clashes at Lexington and Concord, it was clear that isolated efforts wouldn’t be enough. A unified defense would require a unified force.
WATCH: Turner on Science Funding Facts, Native Epidemics, and Dinosaur Calls — Minding The Campus

2 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Jared Gould

In Episode 6 of The Week in Science, host Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars, explores a trio of fascinating topics. Science magazine decries “massive cuts” to the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget, slashing it from $9 billion to $3.9 billion—a 57 percent reduction. The chance of a research proposal being funded drops from 26 percent to seven percent.
Trump Allows Chinese Students into U.S. Universities in Exchange for Rare Earth Minerals — Minding The Campus

2 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Jared Gould

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.
Vedder’s Case for Creative Destruction — Minding The Campus

2 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Jared Gould

The United States has long been the gold standard for higher education. Its colleges and universities top global rankings and draw students from every corner of the world. But the shine is fading fast. Public support for these institutions is in free fall, and it’s not just a vibe: enrollment is dropping, even at some of the nation’s most storied campuses. Part of the problem is political.
The Activists Graduate—and Influence Everything — Minding The Campus

3 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Jared Gould

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. National Association of Scholars President Peter Wood has penned a sharp piece for Minding the Campus, “They Drop the Chants but Miss the Canon.” It’s his response to Kenin M.
Straight Talk About Online Classes — Minding The Campus

3 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Rob Jenkins

Since the education debacle of 2020-22, much of the blame has gone to online or “digital” learning. Conservative commentators, in particular, often speak of online classes in sneering terms, as if they were primarily responsible for students’ learning loss, declining IQs, and the general “dumbing down” of higher education, among other harms. But is that entirely fair?
WATCH: Why Scientists Aren’t Really Leaving—and Why Chimps Aren’t 99% Human — Minding The Campus

3 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Jared Gould

In Episode 5 of The Week in Science, Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars, offers a timely critique of the growing media narrative around a so-called “Trump brain drain”—the claim that scientists are fleeing American institutions due to MAGA-led funding cuts. Turner says that what is actually driving scientists away isn’t political hostility to science but a realignment of funding priorities that scientists don’t like.
Your Chatbot Is Not Tolstoy — Minding The Campus

3 weeks ago | mindingthecampus.org | Liza Libes

I thought that we had hit rock bottom with English pedagogy when the National Council of Teachers of English proclaimed in 2022 that “the time has come to decenter book reading and essay writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education.”There’s a new plague on the rise in English classrooms, and it might be infinitely worse—AI-adapted texts.