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+ Research SummaryDifficult Conversations Around College Rankings: A Research Summary
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+ Essay (Opinion Piece)Condemning the Harassment Shouldn’t Mean Dismissing the Concerns: A Response to the Campus…
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+ Book SummaryThe Conflict Over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate
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+ Essay (Opinion Piece)Political Differences and a Pandemic: Why the Right Doesn’t Trust the Left’s Coronavirus Alarm
We shouldn’t be able to tell someone’s political party affiliation by their level of concern about the coronavirus. In a crisis that is literally evolving by the hour, we need people in this country to stand (metaphorically) together, pay…read the full blog
+ Essay (Opinion Piece)What the “Free Speech” Debate is Still Missing
The question of, “is there a campus free speech crisis?” is fraught. The answer depends, in large part, on the evidence one uses to answer it. In most commentary so far, the metrics used to measure political tolerance on campus are at…read the full blog
+ Essay (Opinion Piece)Viewpoint Diversity Does Not Extend to Extremist Hate
Horrific attacks this week on multiple mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand left 50 people dead and scores more injured. In the aftermath of the attacks, a manifesto emerged that reads in a manner similar to that written by another mass murderer…read the full blog
+ Heterodox PedagogyPrepare Students to Be Foxes, Not Hedgehogs
In his oft-quoted 1953 essay, Isaiah Berlin draws upon a reference to the Greek philosopher Archilochus, translated as: a fox knows many things, but a hedgehog one big thing. Although the original essay was primarily focused on Tolstoy (who Berlin…read the full blog
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