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We often go to resources when doing research for a paper, for a sermon or talk, for Liturgy and Prayer. We cite our sources, something we learned how to do as juniors in high school
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 1:04 am
By: Lib Campbell
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North Carolina State University will no longer require applicants to answer an essay question affirming the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda, according to the school’s media relations department.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 8:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina State University now requires undergraduate applicants to answer an essay question affirming their support for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 5:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Florida high school known for having a prestigious academic program told parents that students have been cheating on essays using ChatGPT.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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My latest piece for the American Institute for Economic Research discusses a critical shortcoming in Emily Oster’s October 31 essay in The Atlantic calling for a “pandemic amnesty.”
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2022 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1798, British economist Thomas Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population.
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The South Bend Mayor, however, has been forced to take a different approach with his campaign.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2020 @ 12:31 am
By: LifeZette
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The University of Chicago is known for its imaginative admission application essay questions, questions such as “So where is Waldo, really?” or “Find x” or one year “How are apples and oranges supposed to be compared?”
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 6:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, Slate published a beautifully-written essay by Jamelle Bouie about the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, which pays tribute to those who were lynched by white mobs between the Civil War and the civil rights movement.
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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A video has surfaced on YouTube showing students at the University of California, Berkeley protesting an exam, and demanding a "take-home essay with significant time to prepare."
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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Recently I coached a bright high school senior on how to get his college admission essay into shape
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Recently I was thumbing through my copy of Scoundrels, Rogues and Heroes of the Old North State, an anthology of collected essays by noted historian H. G. Jones. (He wrote a weekly column from 1969-1986.) The editors Randell Jones and Caitlin Jones, unrelated to the history columnist, write that...
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Back in the early 1990s, while I was in the middle of a long business career, I recall reading that the University of Pennsylvania had decided to add an unusual essay requirement for their undergraduate applicants.
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 6:39 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Every field of study has its standard way of teaching it to students. Science is mostly taught through lectures and labs. Literature and philosophy are mostly taught through classroom discussion. And English composition is mostly taught through students writing essays and bringing them to class...
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Paul Gottfried's recent Pope Center essay The Academy Now and Then raises important issues regarding whether today's campus permits the expression of unpopular ideas. He argues that campus life was far more open when he began his academic career in the 1960s than it is in today's PC-dominated world.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:29 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"Professor" Gloria J. Brown-Marshall wrote a Christmas Day essay blaming "southern White radicals" for the disastrous, slow-motion train wreck failure that has been the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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A few weeks ago, I received a flattering email from one of my MBA students. After an engaging class session, this student had gone home, Googled me, and then spent several hours reading "all of my essays" that he could find online.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2013 @ 12:31 am
By: Jason Fertig
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Technological and online tools are revolutionizing education in exciting and near-limitless ways. Web-based documentation means teachers can share on-the-spot editorial input even as student scribes craft essays at home.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, August 14th Washington Police-Fire Department announced the winner of the essay contest at National Night Out festivities. The winner was Brylee McKenna Phillips of Washington.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 @ 10:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If Gov. Bev Perdue and liberal activists want to know why their Edu-scare campaign against the Republican-led General Assembly didn't work last year and won't work this year, they need only to consider the insight of essayist Kahil Gibran.
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2012 @ 10:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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