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Events

Higher Education Reform – Where the Right and Left Meet
The second annual Honors Lyceum Lecture
May 20, 2011

“Liberal Education and Religion: In an Age Closed to Both”
The second annual Honors Lyceum Lecture
March 29, 2011

Education in Crisis: The Unasked Questions
Naomi will be appearing on two panels at the National Press Club on October 22 for an event called “Education in Crisis.” 21 & 22 October,  2010

Naomi’s recent appearance at West Point–the annual awards luncheon at the U.S. Military Academy’s Center for Teaching and Learning
10 May, 2010

Faith, Freedom and Higher Education. Naomi’s second appearance at Grove City’s annual conference
April 16&17, 2009

Naomi participated in a panel at the Philanthropy Roundtable’s annual conference
Fall 2008

Read a transcript of The Deduction Reduction: Threat to American Giving? at the Hudson institute, with Naomi as one of the panelists
March 30th, 2009

Naomi taught a seminar to undergraduates for two weeks at Hillsdale College in the fall of 2007 as part of the Pulliam Journalism Fellowship
Fall 2007

Naomi spoke at the Journalism Through the Eyes of Faith conference at Bethel University
2006

My Books

In GOD ON THE QUAD, Riley takes readers to the halls of Brigham Young, where surprisingly with-it young Mormons compete in a raucous marriage market and prepare for careers in public service.

RSS Philanthropy Daily Blog

  • Walmart’s tries easing conscience of middle-class shoppers May 20, 2013
    When my husband and I moved to the suburbs of Westchester in 2005, we had to start buying all the odds and ends that homeownership requires.… MORE >> […]
  • Lounging in (golden) handcuffs May 13, 2013
    After I published The Faculty Lounges in 2011, making the case for ending tenure in higher education, interviewers would often ask me two questions: 1) Do you really think that’s feasible?… MORE >> […]
  • Death of a “sex symbol” May 6, 2013
    The sexual revolution will probably always remain something of a mystery to people (like me) who have come of age after it.… MORE >> […]
  • When nonprofits lose sight of founding mission April 29, 2013
    I remember when I first moved to New York City just after graduating from college.… MORE >> […]
  • The tenure trap April 22, 2013
    People (like me) who make their living outside the academy often joke about tenure.… MORE >> […]

RSS Chronicle of Higher Education

  • Black Studies, Part 2: A Response to Critics May 3, 2012
    The outcry over Naomi Schaefer Riley's last post boils down to four issues: race, credentials, the status of grad students, and the number of hours in a day. Here she discusses each. […]
  • The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations. May 1, 2012
    Naomi Schaefer Riley is decidedly unimpressed with what she sees as a weird, paranoid, anachronistic, and tunnel-visioned scholarly agenda. […]
  • More Depressing News About College Debt April 24, 2012
    It's yet another factor contributing to the insecurities and destabilization of young adult lives, Naomi Schaefer Riley writes. […]
  • What Harvard Students Don’t Know About Sex April 17, 2012
    Carnal knowledge takes a Crimson bow. And Naomi Schaefer Riley yawns. […]
  • Any Progress Since Port Huron? April 11, 2012
    On the student-activism statement's 50th anniversary, Naomi Schaefer Riley asks Port Huron leaders: Hey, what went wrong? […]
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