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Category Archives: Columbia
The Columbia Journalism Review’s Hero System
The Columbia Journalism Review became the conscience of the journalism profession through the consistent publishing of analysis that served the guild better than any competitor. Founded in 1961 at Columbia’s journalism school, it calls itself the watchdog and friend of … Continue reading
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The Columbia Journalism Review Anthropology
In his 2018 book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities, John J. Mearsheimer wrote: My view is that we are profoundly social beings from the start to the finish of our lives and that individualism is of secondary … Continue reading
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The Tacit No-Go Zones At Each Ivy League University
Every Ivy League campus runs on unspoken rules about what can and cannot be said, and by whom, and in what tone. The formal rules matter less than the atmosphere. At all eight schools, the enforcement is decentralized: comp (club … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs In The Columbia University Department of English and Comparative Literature
Columbia’s Department of English & Comparative Literature department (ENCL) sits where high theory entered the American university and stayed. Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) taught there. Edward Said (1935-2003) wrote Orientalism there. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (b. 1942) still holds the rank of … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of The Columbia School Of Journalism
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are thriving in the dean’s suite, faculty lounges, and development-office strategy sessions at Columbia Journalism School right now. With the Iran war still dominating airwaves and campuses, donor scrutiny intensifying, enrollment pressures mounting, AI tools gobbling … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders At Columbia University Now
Columbia’s administration believes that its response to the 2024 protests reflected principled commitment to both free expression and campus safety rather than a series of panicked improvisations driven by donor pressure, congressional intimidation, and the administration’s inability to articulate a … Continue reading
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Andrew Gelman – The Gardener of Forking Paths
Andrew Gelman was born in Philadelphia in 1965 into a family with intellectual range. His sister Susan Gelman became a prominent developmental psychologist. His uncle Woody Gelman was a cartoonist. He attended MIT as a National Merit Scholar, earning degrees … Continue reading
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Columbia University and the Logic of the Crisis Machine
Presidents, trustees, provosts, and senior deans at Columbia University do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of In the Nation’s Service and in the Service of Humanity, Academic Freedom, Moral Clarity, Equity … Continue reading
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Decoding Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism functions as the ultimate status-clearing house for the American media alliance. In David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory framework, the school is not merely a place of learning; it is an institution that manufactures and validates the … Continue reading
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Decoding Columbia
David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory suggests that political beliefs and moral outpourings act as advertisements for one’s social allegiances rather than reflections of deep-seated principles. When you apply this to Columbia University, the campus ceases to be a marketplace of ideas … Continue reading
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