AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - The ‘Trouble’ With Theory
My old friend Jeremy Black, the dazzlingly prolific English historian, has an excellent piece in this month’s edition of The Critic on the history profession’s newfound […] Source
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - Simon and Schuster Is Right to Publish Arday’s Memoir
The public has an interest in the late professor’s confabulations. The post Simon and Schuster Is Right to Publish Arday’s Memoir appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Simon and Schuster Is Right to Publish Arday’s Memoir The public has an interest in the late professor’s confabulations. TakiMag Carl Court/Getty Images There are individual cases that reveal the state of, and fissures in, a society, and perhaps even of an entire civilization. Such a case is that of Jason Arday, the young black man who was chosen by Cambridge University on almost purely demographic grounds as a professor of the sociology of education, and who died shortly after his resignation from the post once the university announced an official enquiry into his appointment. His is a kind of…Open
AMERICANGREATNESS (Stephen Soukup) - Why Higher Education Is Likely Doomed
The public exposure, resignation, and subsequent death of the British fabulist Jason Arday have reignited the longstanding (if not eternal) debate about the purpose of […] Source
AMERICANTHINKER - Blame Truth for Jason Arday’s Death
ConiferousForest19 By Richard Kirk Arday would never have received a Ph.D., much less a distinguished Professorship at Cambridge, were it not for his race and a desperate desire for DEI credentials on the part of universities.
NPR (Michel Martin) - Jason Arday's rise and fall tells a larger story about academia, a critic says
What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.
NPR (Michel Martin) - Jason Arday's rise and fall tells a larger story about academia, a critic says
What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.
AMERICANTHINKER - Jason Arday: You Did It, Liberals
ConiferousForest19 By Christopher Chantrill Our liberal friends are cranking up to blame “critics” for the death of black Cambridge professor Jason Arday.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - The Unmaking of Jason Arday
When I left Jason Arday last week, he was humiliated but alive. The 41-year-old black fabulist—the “youngest-ever black professor” at the University of Cambridge—was facing […] Source
AI:Jason Arday, the man touted by academic institutions as the "youngest-ever black professor" at the University of Cambridge, has died following intense public humiliation and allegations of plagiarism. His sudden death follows a period of significant scandal where his professional credentials were called into question, exposing the deep-seated rot within elite academic hiring practices that prioritize identity politics over intellectual integrity. This incident serves as a definitive example of how institutional virtue signaling can lead to the rapid unmaking of individuals thrust into high-profile roles through social engineering rather than merit.Open
NYTIMES (Mara Hvistendahl, Megan Specia, Leo Sands, Ali Watkins and Susan Dominus) - Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring
Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday. The school ignored a series of warnings about his life story and his work.
AI:The sudden death of Jason Arday, Cambridge University's youngest Black professor, has triggered intense scrutiny regarding the institution's hiring practices and commitment to meritocracy. Despite numerous warnings concerning his professional background and the veracity of his life story, university administrators allegedly prioritized performative diversity and progressive optics over rigorous vetting and institutional integrity. This incident exposes a pattern of administrative negligence within elite academic circles, where the pursuit of racial symbolism has superseded basic accountability and oversight.Open
AMERICANGREATNESS (Stephen Soukup) - Jason Arday, Barack Obama, and the Making of Myths
Yesterday in these pages, the inimitable Roger Kimball recounted the tall tale of Jason Arday, the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge. As […] Source