MERIT

PROF. GARRETT: Harvard’s math class problem shows why merit still matters

This is what happens when ideology replaces merit. Rigor erodes. Degrees lose value. Employers stop trusting diplom…

By Matthew Garrett
Apr 9, 2025

University of Austin’s 'Merit-First Admissions' automatically admits students based on test scores

Students who score above a 1460 on the SAT, 33 on the ACT, or 105 on the CLT will receive automatic admission and a…

By Emily Sturge '25
Apr 2, 2025

North Carolina eliminates DEI offices, citing Rutgers study on its negative impacts

The North Carolina Department of Labor and the Office of the State Auditor have both announced the end to all Diver…

By Brendan McDonald '25
Feb 6, 2025

Indiana governor signs executive order to replace DEI with 'Merit, Excellence and Innovation'

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has ordered for state agencies to replace DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) with wh…

By Campus Reform
Jan 17, 2025

STURGE: 5 wasteful uses of taxpayer money in 2024 lawmakers should investigate in 2025

2025 is the time to put a stop to the wasteful spending that has plagued higher education. Here are five eye-openi…

By Emily Sturge '25
Dec 27, 2024

Idaho education board tones down anti-DEI proposal ahead of vote

One of the nation's most conservative states appears to be weakening a plan that would remove DEI (Diversity, Equit…

By Campus Reform
Dec 18, 2024

PROF. JENKINS: 'Social justice' is injustice by another name

Justice for an individual does not require depriving anyone else of something they deserve.

By Rob Jenkins
Dec 9, 2024

PROF JENKINS: Turns out 'merit' has, well, merit

Could it be that standardized tests really are good indicators of future success?

By Rob Jenkins
Apr 30, 2024

PROF ELLWANGER: The true function of the university

Over the last 50 years, academics have taken an institution that requires an elitism to properly function, and they…

By Adam Ellwanger
Jan 22, 2024

Elon Musk's new university plans emphasize 'merit' based admissions policies

The school will admit students with 'proven academic and scientific potential' who demonstrate 'academic curiosity …

By Campus Reform
Dec 14, 2023

WATCH: Kenny Xu defends merit-based education as the redeemer of academia

Kenny Xu, author of School of Woke, argued in a discussion with Nicholas Giordano that objective evaluations of mer…

By Spencer Dalke
Jul 21, 2023

Prof Jenkin's summer reading list for young conservatives: Part I

Campus Reform higher ed fellow Rob Jenkins put together a short list of five great summer reads, starting with a co…

By Rob Jenkins
Jun 21, 2023

WATCH: Soviet education system valued merit more than American colleges do today, Buynevich explains

'At some point, we still needed to grow crops.'

By Nick Clavi
May 3, 2023

No DEI or better DEI?– MIT free speech advocates hold historic debate

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a historic debate on Apr. 4 that asked whether 'academic DEI prog…

By Shelby Kearns
Apr 11, 2023

ANALYSIS: Scholars say DEI is having a potentially disastrous impact on the hard sciences

Ahead of MIT's DEI debate, Heather Mac Donald and Patanjali Kambhampati sat down with the National Association of S…

By Shelby Kearns
Apr 6, 2023

ANALYSIS: Democrats are losing Asian-American votes after pushing the equity agenda in schools

Asian-American voters–whose students have lost seats in selective schools and missed out on award recognition–are t…

By Shelby Kearns
Apr 3, 2023

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion vs. Merit, Fairness, and Equality– Both sides of upcoming MIT debate weigh in

Participants in an upcoming Massachusetts Institute of Technology debate–luminaries in business, journalism, and a…

By Shelby Kearns
Mar 29, 2023

Va. high school AP Gov students prompted to affirm racial, socioeconomic, political stereotypes on test

A 12 grade government class in Fairfax County recently administered a test invoking demographic stereotypes, relyin…

By Shelby Kearns
Mar 14, 2023

CA high school removes honors English classes for racial equity, following higher ed trend

The Culver City Unified School District replaces honors classes with a uniform curriculum to 'ensure students of al…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Feb 27, 2023

	
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