Author: Joshua Youngkin
What Is "Academic Freedom," Really?
A couple of weeks ago, as David Klinghoffer noted yesterday, journalist Sarah Posner called me to talk to me about academic freedom.
Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne Goes All Scientistic
Even the firmest bits of scientific knowledge are socially constructed, incomplete and revisable.
Mother Jones, Followed by National Review — yes, National Review — Misrepresents the Texas Textbook Review Process
Fortunately, Texans know how to check crazy.
Kids Bored in Science Class? Empower Them to Explore Hot Topics
It takes guts to empower students to explore hot topics. Sacred cows may be tipped. But there’s no learning, and no innovation, without some risk to the status quo.
Shock: At Ball State University, Non-Science Courses May Contain Non-Science
Gora has to either go ape on pretty much the entire honors college, or she has to stop pretending that mixing science and non-science in BSU’s honors college is novel, unexpected, and sinful.