Another week in the archives–1818 feels closer than 2018 these days. But 2018 went on without me. Here are some of the stories that came across our desk this week:
Fear and the evangelical Trumpists: John Fea in The Atlantic.
No AP for these fancy prep schools, at WaPo.
Would the real campus conservative please stand up? Turning Point USA rebuts criticism from Young America’s Foundation, at CHE.
Turning Point USA appeals to campus conservatives…
The high cost of campus free-speech protests:
- UW shells out $127G to outraged college Republicans, at CHE.
- Evergreen State enrollments plummet in wake of student protests, at ST.
- What does this mean for campus activism? Here at ILYBYGTH.
Christian in America: Eric Miller interviews Matthew Bowman at R&P.
Pokin’ the academic bear: National Association of Scholars republishes pro-colonialism article, at IHE.
Trump’s latest: Merging the Ed and Labor departments into DEW.
- What would it look like? Edweek hashes out the details.
- What are the dangers? Losing key parts of both departments, at HuffPost.
- What’s the goal? Cranking out more “meat widgets [to serve] the captains of industry,” says curmudgucrat Peter Greene.
George Will: Vote Democratic to end GOP “misrule,” at WaPo.
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