Timothy K. Minella

Director of Higher Education Policy @GoldwaterInst. Opinions expressed are my own.

[Timothy K. Minella @TimMinella]

I require a 50-page literature review, preferably with ample butt-kissing of professors who happen to edit the field's leading journals, before I will take you seriously.

[Brandon Warmke @BrandonWarmke]

I just learned this, and it's wild. Did you know philosophers are just saying things? No quotes, no citations. They're literally out here just saying what they think and then arguing for it. Look at that first sentence about justice. Whose thought is that? Who is allowing this?

[Brandon Warmke @BrandonWarmke]

I just learned this, and it's wild. Did you know philosophers are just saying things? No quotes, no citations. They're literally out here just saying what they think and then arguing for it. Look at that first sentence about justice. Whose thought is that? Who is allowing this?

[Timothy K. Minella @TimMinella]

@petespiliakos has been on this. The prime directive for PMCs is "Don't Get Ahead of the Group Chat." Deliberation happens behind closed doors. Once the decision has been made, public dissent is forbidden.

Now imagine Stalinists instead of center-left people doing this.

[Stu Smith @thestustustudio]

🚨 “Oh, Like Stalin?” DSA’s Megan Romer Soft-Pedals Democratic Centralism

DSA’s Megan Romer really soft-pedals democratic centralism here.

She brushes off the “oh, like Stalin?” reaction and says, “It just means we make a decision democratically and then we do the thing. That’s all it means.”

But within minutes, she’s talking about organizational discipline, “non-negotiable” beliefs, everyone defending the platform, and DSA moving in tandem like a party.

You can vote. But once the decision is made, fall in line. Don’t be the squeaky wheel, or you’re outside "the clique."

[Oliver Traldi @olivertraldi]

Going to nerdily complain about viewing a Homer film adaptation. Call that the whine-dork see

[Varad Mehta @varadmehta]

The Herder quote up top comes from his Ideas for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind. And just look at the table of contents for the first part (of four). Humans are biological creatures who exist on the planet Earth, which exists in space. Literally where he starts!

[Varad Mehta @varadmehta]

All of human history would be impossible if Earth weren't located in what scientists call the circumstellar habitable zone. But is that something you need to account for in your history of the French Revolution? Or that humans are capable of language? I have my doubts.

[Varad Mehta @varadmehta]

So-called big history (and deep history, I'm not sure there's a difference) was a thing about a decade ago. But every time I would hear or read about it, I would immediately think of that Bugs Bunny quote. And when you do think about it like that, the whole thing gets silly.

[Timothy K. Minella @TimMinella]

A+ tweet.

[The College Fix @CollegeFix]

The replication crisis continues.

(Though what if this study itself cannot be replicated??)

[Goldwater Institute @GoldwaterInst]

Now is the time! Arizona can take the lead.

HCR2044 would enshrine the strongest state protections against DEI and race-based “affirmative action” of any state in the country.

We need House Speaker @SteveMontenegro and Senate President Warren Petersen @votewarren to move on HCR2044.

[Pat Sobkowski @PJSobkowski]

Terribly sad news from Jack Rakove. Gordon Wood passed away in a traffic accident.

Perhaps the greatest historian of the American Revolution. May he rest in peace.

[Jonathan Butcher @JM_Butcher]

In their chapter "Reversing Activism to Citizenship," @MBeienburg & @TimMinella write, "Unfortunately, mandatory leftist indoctrination is happening in tandem
with the failure of the country’s universities to prepare students to be citizens of the world’s oldest..." 6/10

[Jonathan Butcher @JM_Butcher]

It’s here: Higher Education in America: It’s Worse than You Think. Ships today, featuring @madisonfaith_m @PrestonCooper93 @JohnDSailer @CarolMSwain @jaypgreene @christopherrufo @InezFeltscher @mbeienburg & more Here's more from Chris Rufo's chapter...1/10

[National Association of Scholars @NASorg]

@TimMinella on university transparency:
https://t.co/ADok5UZ7yj

[National Association of Scholars @NASorg]

The public has the right to know how its tax dollars are being spent by state institutions.

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

A modest proposal to the solve problem of AI-generated student essays: give each student a surprise quiz based on their own papers, administered in class, without their submitted work to refer to. Use AI to generate the customized quizzes. Fair is fair.

[Larry Conners @LarryConnersUSA]

APR 22 LC USA 6-8 PM CT
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[Goldwater Institute @GoldwaterInst]

Does “Indigenizing Museums and the Art World” sound like a course in American civics to you?

Welp, it is at Northern Arizona University.

[Goldwater Institute @GoldwaterInst]

DEI suffered a major blow in Kansas today! Lawmakers there passed Goldwater's Freedom from Indoctrination Act, a powerful reform that helps to end political indoctrination in higher education and restore public universities to their core educational purpose.

[Goldwater Institute @GoldwaterInst]

It's Tax Day... and do you know what your taxes are paying for?

DEI indoctrination.

How much money? You'd be stunned. Our research shows that over $1 billion in federal grant funding was distributed by the U.S. Department of Education to promote DEI in K-12 schools and universities across the country over a four-year period.

[Richard Kahlenberg @RickKahlenberg]

Great to be part of a @AEI discussion with @rickhess99 @TimMinella & Jon Shields about how all students are hurt when professors present a slanted view. I discussed my @ppi coauthored with Lief Lin on the trouble with American studies https://t.co/QEFwk8UhkR