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campus controversies Feb. 9, 2019

Behind NYU and Aramark’s Black History Month Dining Hall FiascoA controversy over an insensitive dining-hall menu was a case study in what gets lost when universities start behaving like corporations.

By Jesse Singal
campus controversies Jan. 11, 2019

Is a Professor Getting Railroaded for Questioning Social-Justice Dogma?Peter Boghossian claims his university is only investigating him because it is politically hostile to his research. The truth is more complicated.

By Jesse Singal
culture war Sept. 26, 2018

How ‘Coddled’ Are American College Students, Anyway?In their much-debated new book, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff raise alarms. The left has scoffed. Don’t buy either of those positions yet.

By Jesse Singal
campus controversies Sept. 21, 2018

Colleges Don’t Need More Republican ProfessorsUniversities can have ideological diversity without employing apologists for a plutocratic party that cultivates racism and demonizes intellectuals.

By Eric Levitz
campus controversies Sept. 11, 2018

A CUNY Student Was Investigated for Criticizing IsraelWhen one student can narc on another for being offended by their political opinion, things start to get pretty Kafkaesque.

By Jesse Singal