Topic: Education

Professors Are Not “Priests of Democracy”

– December 3, 2022

“If we ascribe qualities like academic freedom, free speech, opposition to censorship, and skepticism of government to American democracy, as Walker does, then we should avoid putting academia on a pedestal it does not deserve.” ~ Garion Frankel

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We Don’t Need Regulation (or Statist Education)

– December 2, 2022

“At best, costly regulatory and educational bureaucracies fail to protect investors. At worst, they encourage dismisinfoganda and even outright fraud to support radical progressive and collectivist agendas.”~ Robert E. Wright

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Yes, an Academic Free-Speech Conference Needed Protection from the Mob

– November 30, 2022

“Universities themselves should be viewed as places where members of an academic community gather to discuss ideas of the day. They should generally not take stands on issues.” ~ Richard K. Vedder

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MFE (Merit, Fairness, and Equality) Versus DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Should be NC (No Contest)

– November 25, 2022

“Colleges and universities that have succumbed to DEI ought to be at a big competitive disadvantage versus those that just offer worthwhile education. Let us hope that MFE catches on.” ~ George Leef

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Time to Rethink University Accreditation

– November 23, 2022

“Even though some accreditors might be better than others, there is no reason to keep any of them as gatekeepers for student aid.” ~ George Leef

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Educating the Founders

– November 21, 2022

“It is both the type of education one receives and how one receives it that explains the disparity between our recent presidents and the American Founders.” ~ Lee Trepanier

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Beware the Incentives of “Forgiving” Student Loan Debt

– November 16, 2022

“The stark reality is that ‘forgiving student debt’ really means forcing people who didn’t go to college to pay for those who did, and forcing people who scrimped and saved for college to pay for those who didn’t. ” ~ Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan

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Putting Affirmative Action to the Question

– November 15, 2022

“In the world of identity politics, religion is not as important as race unless the religion in question merits concern on the basis of the intersectional hierarchy of victimhood.” ~ Kody W. Cooper

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Education As the Root of Freedom

– November 12, 2022

“If our civilization is to truly flourish, we must push passed the clamor of the culture wars and build our society on the firm foundation of a liberal arts education.” ~ Tyler Syck

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Meritocracy and Multiculturalism

– November 11, 2022

“Will America come to an enduring settlement, not unlike our religious-political settlement, that puts race and ethnicity outside the ordinary bounds of political, educational, and employment decisions?” ~ John O. McGinnis

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Is Newsguard a Propaganda Machine? (Video)

– November 2, 2022

“On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Phil Magness, Director of Research and Education at AIER, to discuss censorship, fact-checking, the politicization of academia, and how it affects research, corporations, and American culture.” ~ AIER

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Colleges: Go Back to Basics

– October 29, 2022

“We should rethink how we finance colleges and incentivize them to return to basics—emphasizing job one, teaching, and job two, doing worthwhile academic research.” ~ Richard K. Vedder

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