Academic Freedom under Attack?
The battle over academic freedom in the University of Arkansas system continues. You may remember a TAP post last year that discussed a...
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The Arkansas Project was launched in 2008 as a source for incisive commentary and reporting on Arkansas government, politics, media and more. In 2011, The Arkansas Project became an affiliate of the Advance Arkansas Institute. The Arkansas Project supplied daily commentary until 2019, but is now largely inactive.
David Kinkade was the chief writer and the editor of The Arkansas Project until 2011. After the site became affiliated with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Dan Greenberg was editor of The Arkansas Project until it became inactive in 2019. During that eight-year period, the writers for the site included Nic Horton, Marc Kilmer, and Caleb Taylor.
Caleb Taylor
Oct 24, 20172 min read
Academic Freedom at U of A, RIP?
A proposed policy change by the Board of Directors of the University of Arkansas system has some professors worried it could lead to less...
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Robert Steinbuch
Oct 20, 20172 min read
Another Good Value in Arkansas!
The title of this article is absolutely true, but also a bit of marketing, which, I feel as an academic, I must forthrightly disclose. ...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 19, 20174 min read
Lack of Left-Wing Activism Worries UALR Faculty
Last week we took a look at some of the responses Arkansas’s state universities have had to President Trump’s recent DACA decision. The...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 15, 20172 min read
Arkansas Universities Rush To Bash Trump On DACA
I get nostalgic for college campus life as summer ends and fall begins. Parties, football games, and new subjects to learn are all things...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 12, 20172 min read
Succeed Scholarship Enrollment Up 500 Percent
Student enrollment in the state’s school voucher program has more than quintupled as the second academic year of its existence begins....
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 16, 20173 min read
Griffin Advocates More School Choice
Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin yesterday spoke in favor of expanding school choice options for low-income students in Little Rock. Griffin spoke to...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 22, 20173 min read
Act 562 Nullified At UALR? Not So Fast
Will Arkansans be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus? According to a...
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Marc Kilmer
May 30, 20173 min read
Student Enrollment Cap Ends For School Voucher Program
The Succeed Scholarship Program is no longer subject to a cap in student enrollment; it has seen a significant increase in interest for...
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Marc Kilmer
May 11, 20172 min read
Tennessee Passes Campus Free Speech Legislation
Yesterday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation that protects student and faculty free speech at public colleges. According to...
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Marc Kilmer
May 9, 20174 min read
Some Notes on the Transracialism Crisis
I must confess that I am not an avid reader of feminist philosophy journals, but my interest was piqued by this recent story in New York...
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Marc Kilmer
May 4, 20172 min read
UofA Suspends Professor For Phyllis Chesler Disinvitation
The University of Arkansas apparently isn’t a paradise when it comes to free speech. After University of Arkansas Professor Thomas...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 27, 20173 min read
STUDY: School Choice Saving Arkansas Money
A school choice program created by the Arkansas legislature in 2015 is already saving state taxpayer dollars, according to a recent study...
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Caleb Taylor
Mar 12, 20152 min read
Will Legislators Protect Student Rights In Arkansas?
It might shock you to learn that there are places in America where you don’t have a right to an attorney. Those places are known as...
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Caleb Taylor
Feb 18, 20152 min read
Why Wait For Any Evidence? Pathologically Insecure Arkansas Edition
As we noted recently, opponents of tort reform don’t bother to wait for evidence before they insist that those they disagree with have...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 29, 20143 min read
The Bowen Gym: Not Just Indefensible, But Also Illegal!
You might recall our earlier coverage when Attorney General Dustin McDaniel “donated” $100,000 of your money to the University of...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 6, 20142 min read
Bowen Law School’s Response to Law Student Debt: Look, We Have A Wonderful Gym!
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel isn’t the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of physical fitness, but maybe that will change...
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Nic Horton
Jul 3, 20145 min read
Bowen Law School: LEAPing Away From Facts
Our previous coverage of UALR-Bowen Law School’s affirmative action program, LEAP, revealed that the program admits marginally qualified...
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Caleb Taylor
Jun 19, 20142 min read
FOIA in Arkansas Has Room to Improve
While Arkansas has a strong Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), government still has room to improve in its mission of actually following...
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Nic Horton
Apr 24, 20142 min read
Sullivan Speaks About Bowen Law's Financial Troubles
I am regularly reminded that Arkansas’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a thing of beauty. You’ll recall that Bowen Law School’s new...
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Daniel Greenberg
Apr 2, 20146 min read
Bowen Faculty: LEAP Over The Constitution
You might recall that Bowen Law School Dean Michael Schwartz told us that the law school’s affirmative action plan, LEAP, was “just this...
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Nic Horton
Jan 29, 20144 min read
Bowen Faculty LEAPs To Conclusions On New Program
You’ll probably remember that we’ve been covering the Bowen Law School affirmative-action controversy; the controversy surrounds Bowen’s...
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Daniel Greenberg
Jan 27, 20146 min read
The Arkansas Project Gets Results!
Dean Schwartz’s book is fascinating, but incomplete. Perhaps a second edition will discuss FOIA compliance. Last week, we published an...
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Nic Horton
Oct 25, 20125 min read
Are There Limits to Taxpayer-Sponsored Academic Freedom?
Judge Harold Haley being taken hostage with Angela Davis’s gun taped under his chin. He was killed in the shootout. I posted last night...
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