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At Today's University, "A" is the "Average"
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (545+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal / June 11, 2026 University grading practices deserve a failing score. Part of the problem is the corrosive relationship between the grades issued by professors and the class evaluations…...
A for Average: Reversing University Grade Inflation
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (1151+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal An A in a college class used to mean achievement. Today, an A means the average. It is possible for universities to address grade inflation. This…...
The Class Wars Come for Fertility
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (181+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal Raising children has become a status competition. Are falling birthrates good news? Among credentialed elites the answer is often "yes." Declining fertility is viewed not as…...
Model Legislation to Reform Faculty Accountability in Higher Education
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (213+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal By vesting decision-making authority in publicly accountable governing boards and increasing transparency over curriculum and personnel decisions, these reforms would help states fulfill the bargain of…...
Fafo" Is No Answer to Gentle Parenting
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (152+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal Last year, gentle parentingwas declared dead. "The helicopter parent has been grounded, The Today Showannouncedlast summer, as so-called "Fafo ("Fuck around and find out) parents surged…...
A School Isn't a Psychiatric Clinic
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (225+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal Kids are more likely to get mental-health care at school than anywhere else, and parents are out of the loop. Schools are now the'most common'provider of…...
Why Are Fewer Young People Identifying as Trans?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (150+ words) Smart Policy, Straight to You Don't miss the newsletters from MI and City Journal A surprising shift is taking place in the gender and sexual identities of young Americans. Data from my new Centre for Heterodox Social Science'report, "The Decline…...