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Why Universities Are Still A Powerful Force In Iran
Students are once again at the center of the country’s demands for change.
 • Saeid Golkar
The Humanities Are About to Be Automated
AI can now write convincing academic papers. There’s no more room for denial.
 • Yascha Mounk
Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Yascha Mounk and Daniel Diermeier examine how elite institutions created the backlash that now threatens their future.
 • Yascha Mounk
1:09:10
The Real Reason Science Is Broken
AI productivity tools can’t fix bad incentives.
 • Tim Requarth
Teach Students Conservative Thought
The great thinkers on the right must be part of any syllabus that truly serves the next generation
 • Benjamin Storey and Jon A. Shields
Colleges Are Surrendering to AI
Here’s a better strategy for equipping students for the age of artificial intelligence.
 • Yascha Mounk
In Defence of Striving
What we can all learn from Texas high school mariachis.
 • Quico Toro
Professors Need to Diversify What They Teach
It isn't indoctrination. But it is a lack of ideological diversity.
 • Jon A. Shields, Yuval Avnur, and Stephanie Muravchik
Trump’s War on Universities
Under the new regime, every student becomes a possible enemy.
 • Tom Ginsburg
Randi Weingarten on the State of America’s Public Schools
Yascha Mounk and Randi Weingarten also discuss whether teachers unions are to blame for prolonged school closures during the pandemic.
 • Yascha Mounk
1:12:14
Unbundle the University
A modest proposal.
 • Yascha Mounk
A Troubling Right-Wing Manifesto on Universities
The Manhattan Institute’s recent statement sells a naked ideological agenda as a defense of campus free speech.
 • Walter Olson
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