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In summer 2020, a few months into the COVID-19 school shutdowns, as many as 2.5 million children found themselves newly homeschooled. The post Has Homeschooling Gone Mainstream? appeared first on Minding The Campus.
On July 16, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finalized a rule limiting how long foreign students may remain in the United States without seeking additional federal approval. Beginning September 15, foreign nationals admitted under F and J classifications will generally receive a fixed period of admission lasting no longer than four years. Students and exchange visitors who need additional time may apply [] The post DHS Finally Closes the ‘Duration of Status’ Loophole appeared first on Minding The Campus.
In an upcoming episode of Café Berlin, Ian Oxnevad and I are joined by Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III, USAF (Ret.), former U.S. Defense Attaché in Beijing and author of Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept and War Without Rules: China’s Playbook for Global Domination. Our conversation begins with General Spalding’s story: [] The post WATCH: China’s Stealth War Has Reached the American Campus appeared first on Minding The Campus.
I read Jared Gould’s recent lament, “What’s Feeding the ‘Graduate Unemployment Crisis’?” and his follow-up about his youngest brother, “Against My Advice, My Brother Is Going to College.” Let me provide a different view of new graduate employment issues from my 30+ years of experience in the corporate world, which included hiring and developing many new graduates. [] The post From the Hiring Side of the Table appeared first on Minding The Campus.
Stephen H. Balch, 2007 recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush, has long been one of the academy’s most persistent and principled reformers. As the founder of the National Association of Scholars, he has spent decades challenging the ideological capture of higher education and defending the integrity of Western civilization’s intellectual [] The post A Biocultural Defense of Civilizational Confidence appeared first on Minding The Campus.
At a June 23 debate on institutional neutrality hosted by the Steamboat Institute at the University of Wyoming, Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), made a series of unexpected concessions. Although he argued against institutional neutrality, he acknowledged many of the very criticisms that have led its advocates to support [] The post AAUP President Makes Unexpected Concessions About Higher Education appeared first on Minding The Campus.
A few weeks ago, I mentioned the Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences (the Report), authored by Vanderbilt University and Washington University. The post A Tepid Diagnosis of the Humanities’ Crisis appeared first on Minding The Campus.
Congressman John Garamendi has issued a statement opposing the Trump administration's decision to move the Department of Education's (ED) headquarters and hand the Lyndon B. Johnson Building over to the Department of Energy. The post Congressional Democrats Signal Plans to Rebuild Education Department appeared first on Minding The Campus.
Biologists have long excluded the notion of teleology from polite scientific discourse. To admit nebulous concepts like purposefulness or the intentional pursuit of goals—what teleology is—is to open the door to creepy creationism or a return to spooky vitalist thinking in biology. Yet life itself is inherently purposeful. So, one must ask: how can one study life while excluding [] The post WATCH: Is There Room for Teleology? appeared first on Minding The Campus.
Unlike a normal business, colleges and universities can shift much of their costs onto taxpayers through government subsidies and financial aid. The result is a system that weakens incentives to control spending, encourages price discrimination, and diminishes the competitive pressures that drive efficiency in other industries. Those costs begin with labor. At most universities, faculty, [] The post Cost Spiral appeared first on Minding The Campus.
