Recent Articles

The FAFSA Fiasco

FAFSA delays hurt college admissions rates as government is not held responsible.

Now Is the Time to Oppose Biden’s Title IX Rule

The Biden administration's Title IX rule not only guts due process gains but again redefines terms—this time, redefining the term “sex” itself to include same-sex orientation and......

What Should College Students Study?

I offer Curriculum of Liberty keenly aware that it is only the latest of a great many sketches on how to redo higher education—many of them worthy, few of them influential. But the new......

Misadventures of a Reluctant Student—A Whimsical Memoir

Education. What does that really mean? Does it imply certain requirements such as a university degree or a high school certificate to succeed in life? What is it exactly that makes a person educated?

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

A Healthy Culture in a Healthy Economy

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Law & Liberty on March 25, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. A specter is haunting capitalism – the specter of “higher” t......

What Are Negative Rights?

Negative rights signal the core of natural law in the American tradition, also known as our Bill of Rights. Without them, the Constitution might never have been ratified, or we might be a very differe......

Reports

Curriculum of Liberty

In this report, we propose the Curriculum of Liberty, in the spirit of NAS’s principles, which will educate American college students toward freedom, the pursuit of truth, and virtuous citizensh......

Disowned Yankees

This study explores the history of Americans' birthright of liberty. We teach our children social studies, above all history and civics, so they can know what liberty is, where Amer......

Diversity Statement, Then Dossier

In this report, we seek to explain the phenomenon of DEI cluster hiring, demonstrate its widespread practice throughout academia, and highlight the dangers of the practice. Ultimately, DEI cluster hir......

Shifting Sands: Report III

Shifting Sands: Confounded Errors focuses on failures by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to consider empirical evidence avail......

CounterCurrent


March 26, 2024

The FAFSA Fiasco

FAFSA delays hurt college admissions rates as government is not held responsible....

March 12, 2024

The Affair of Yale and Rural China

Yale's tepid outreach to rural America fails to compare to its investment in China. ...

March 5, 2024

The Risks of Internationalizing American Colleges

Higher ed’s push to import students poses a substantial risk to national security and the future of academia....

Statements

Indiana Senate Bill 202 Reforms DEI Policy

Senate Bill 202 is a good first step for removing authoritarian “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies from Indiana’s public universities. We urge Indiana’s citizens and p......

Sayed Hossein Mousavian Has No Place At Princeton

Princeton’s employment of Mousavian in a position suited to shaping public perception and policy towards Iran’s nuclear program is not only detrimental to national security, but cedes acad......

Press Releases

Press Release: Going, Going, Gone

After a short and tumultuous term as president of Harvard University, Claudine Gay has officially tendered her resignation amid her mishandling of anti-Semitism on campus and allegations of plagi......

Press Release: Victory for Vlaming

The Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling reinforces the enduring importance of safeguarding intellectual freedom within the educational landscape, ensuring that teachers can fulfill their roles as ed......

Events

Event: China's Soft Power Strategy: Influence in American Education

Updated Event Date: How has China's strategy of soft power in education shifted since the tarnishing of its brand in the form of Confucius Institutes, and since COVID-19 more broadly? 

Event: Restoring the Sciences: Climate and Weather Extremes

Is the climate apocalypse nigh? Listen in to find out more.