Faculty

University crackdowns on speech hurt everyone, writes Christopher Newfield, and renew a false, decades-old depiction of campuses as overrun by censorious radicals.

By Christopher Newfield

New study pushes back on decades of studies suggesting that scientific productivity peaks early and declines thereafter.

Policies that punish student protesters reinforce institutionalized white supremacy, argues Charles H. F. Davis III.

By Charles H.F. Davis III

Author discusses how college diversity programs can result in students overattributing success to factors like merit and hard work, while ignoring systemic or institutional problems.

Colleges shouldn’t deem certain speech to be off-limits, writes Walter M. Kimbrough.

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New simulation study says peer review is better at assuring quality research than random publication choices, but some systems of review are significantly better than others. Editors seen as more effective than peer-review panels alone.

Here’s a textbook example of why not to judge a professor on a quick video clip.