By Eboo Patel. Higher education is not just about knowledge and skills, but wisdom too. More...

By Eboo Patel. The psychologists then started describing to the children what Zarpies are like. With one group of four-year olds, the psychologists used sentences like, “Zarpies are scared of ladybugs.” Phrases constructed in this way are called ‘generics’. More...

By Eboo Patel. How the recent journal hoax helps us reflect on core academic principles. More...

By Eboo Patel. Last year, six professional cab drivers in New York City committed suicide. The heartbreaking details are in this New York Times story. More...

By Eboo Patel. Should parts of college life long considered ‘normal’ be under scrutiny for how they sexually objectify women. More...

By Eboo Patel. I belong to a religious community that excludes my wife. I am an Ismaili Muslim and my wife is a Sunni Muslim. Ismailis are defined by their belief in the Imam (a figure broadly similar to the Pope in Catholicism and the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism) who is held by Ismailis to be their leader and spiritual guide, the rightful interpreter of the Qur’an and Islamic tradition. More...

By Eboo Patel. I pick up here where I left off in my last piece: what is it about Evangelical groups and the particular exclusion of gay students that sets off alarm bells in the minds of college administrators, causing them to apply long-dormant all-comers policies. More...