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What Does 'Civilization' Mean? " Minding The Campus
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (334+ words) Image by Tung Cheung on Adobe; Asset ID#: 110250899 More than 50 years have passed, and I find myself on the eve of a visit to Brussels and then Budapest to talk about Western civilization and, among other things, intellectual freedom. My…...
Why Harvard Can't Fix Grade Inflation " Minding The Campus
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (492+ words) Image: "Harvard University Widener Library" by Joseph Williams on Wikimedia Commons Faculty at Harvard have adopted a plan to fight grade inflation by capping the number of As that can be awarded in any particular class. But I fear that…...
Against My Advice, My Brother Is Going to College " Minding The Campus
2+ week, 5+ day ago (805+ words) Image: "USM S Campus" by Flacourtophile on Wikimedia Commons My youngest brother graduated from high school last weekend and, against my advice, will be heading to college this fall. "I think it's good for the career I want," he told…...
Turnitin, but for the AI Era " Minding The Campus
3+ week, 1+ day ago (402+ words) Image by Supatman on Adobe; Asset ID#: 574643266 For the past couple of weeks, as students have submitted their final papers and faculty have immersed themselves in grading, academics on social media have been focused almost exclusively on a single topic:…...
College Students Learn Communism by Example on Campus
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (223+ words) Image: Columbia University by Momos on Wikimedia Commons; Edited with red tint by Jared Gould But the issue isn't that these services exist per se, but that they derive their funding from a socialist-like system of wealth redistribution. So how…...
The Finest Company " Minding The Campus
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (294+ words) Image by Liberty Fund Recently, I returned from Munich, Germany, which was still in the last pale grip of the season, with the linden trees not quite sure of themselves yet and the hotel lobby smelling of coffee and cleaning…...
Another Painful Moment in the Lopsided Decline of American Higher Education " Minding The Campus
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (326+ words) Image: "Hampshire College" by Jared Benedict on Wikimedia Commons The announced closure of Hampshire College at the end of 2026 marks another painful chapter in the lopsided decline of American higher education. Hampshire has endured previous near-death moments, often sustained by…...
A Rally on Campus " Minding The Campus
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (152+ words) Image submitted by Elle Freedman I'm not one to track college sports, but pickleball's rally across campuses has caught my attention. One reason pickleball is taking off is that it is remarkably easy to pick up, roughly on par with…...
CACREP Wields Monopolistic Power over the Counseling Profession " Minding The Campus
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (673+ words) Editor's Note: The following is an article originally published on Diogenes in Exile on May 12, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus's style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. This is part one of a series. CACREP's Gold Standard…...
Why the Rich Matter in Higher Education
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (695+ words) Minding The Campus Cover by Jared Gould using background image by Stillfx (Adobe, Asset ID 84183141) and the book cover of Why Democracy Needs the Rich (Amazon). The Rich and Higher Education John Mc Ginnis has said that the rich help…...