After Six Months of InsideAcademia.tv

By Tom Shakely June 20, 2011

Since launching InsideAcademia.tv with a post here on Phi Beta Cons in January, we’ve interviewed two dozen guests in six hours of cumulative conversations on the past, present, and future of education ...

A History of Diversity Fanaticism in Academia

By Tom Shakely June 14, 2011

Robert Weissberg joins Andy Nash this week on InsideAcademia.tv for a conversation on the recent history of ideology in academia. Weissberg explains how affirmative action and hiring preferences represented a ...

The Problem of Coercive Multiculturalism

By Tom Shakely June 6, 2011

Paul Gottfried joins Andy Nash in the latest episode of InsideAcademia.tv, the weekly quarter-hour Web program delivering conversations on the past, present, and future of learning in America. Gottfried explains ...

Against ‘self-destructive futilities’

By Tom Shakely June 3, 2011

From Prof. Eric Cunningham of Gonzaga: “The function of the university” wrote Thomas Merton, “is to help men and women save their souls, and in so doing, to save their society: from ...

The Collegiate Arms Race

By Tom Shakely June 2, 2011

A common critique of higher ed over the years has been the tendency of institutions to seek to endlessly outdo one another on all fronts, especially when it comes to ...

The Future of ISI as a Pillar of Conservatism

By Tom Shakely May 30, 2011

Christopher Long speaks with Andy Nash in the latest episode on InsideAcademia.tv. Mr. Long took over as president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute last month, relieving T. Kenneth Cribb, who ...

A Teachable Moment

By Tom Shakely May 27, 2011

I was spending some time with a good college friend of mine. We were screwing around, debating where to head that night after one of those unexpected, nearly unwelcome humid ...

‘Great Books’ Explained in 15 Minutes (or Less!)

By Tom Shakely May 23, 2011

Jane Shaw joins host Andy Nash in this week’s episode of InsideAcademia.tv for a frank conversation on the Great Books. A frequent Phi Beta Cons contributor — and, of course, president ...

How Did Students Govern Themselves in the Past?

By Tom Shakely May 17, 2011

In this week’s installment of InsideAcademia.tv, host Andy Nash speaks with Ben Novak, former trustee at Penn State, on how students governed themselves in the past, and regulated the conduct ...

The Orthodoxies of Government Science

By Tom Shakely May 8, 2011

Tom Bethell, a senior editor at The American Spectator, speaks with Andy Nash this week on InsideAcademia.tv. Bethell explains how federal funding of science and research have corrupted the field, ...