Academia
One Morning in April…
Unspeakable tragedy strikes an American university
The morning of April 16 began like almost any other on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, also known as Virginia Tech. Students got up, went to breakfast, went to class, or went out for the day, blissfully unaware of the fact that, within mere hours, the [...]
Teaching the Bible in Georgia’s public schools
The Bible in public schools: A blending of “church and state,” or another useful primary source?
Last week, Georgia’s Board of Education, by unanimous vote, preliminarily approved two new literature and culture classes for use in public schools beginning next year. Pending a 30-day comment period, the board is expected to give these courses final, official [...]
Can government legislate "intellectual diversity" (without becoming the "thought police")?
A breath of fresh air – or the first step down a slippery slope?
“Academic freedom” has been a growing buzzword in recent years for conservatives paying attention to the goings-on at America’s college campuses. The leftist tendencies inherent in academia are, of course, not a new development, though they have been better-documented of late by [...]
It may be a Christian group, but you can’t make members be Christian!
American higher education once again attempts to twist logic into a multicultural, politically-correct knot.
By Jeff EmanuelMonday, December 11, 2006
Political correctness has long been running amok on the campuses of America’s institutes of higher education. From the severe limiting of free speech to mandatory “nondiscrimination” policies which greatly limit freedom of association, basic rights and privileges [...]
Bilingual education heading down the wrong path
September 27, 2006
Bilingual education has arrived in Georgia at Clayton County’s Unidos Dual Language School, which had a five-year charter approved by the state school board in April. According to its Web site, Unidos is “the first Dual Language Immersion Charter School in the state of Georgia” and “the first school to embrace the [...]
Georgia’s HOPE chest
By Jeff Emanuel
Mar 14, 2006
With just two weeks left in the Spring 2006 legislative session, time is running out on a proposed constitutional amendment which would ensure that Georgia’s unique merit-based college scholarship program will remain funded beyond the foreseeable future.
The brainchild of then-Governor Zell Miller, Georgia’s “Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally,” or HOPE, scholarship program [...]
