George Friedrich Hegel once remarked, “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” A paradox no doubt, but the modern liberal illustrates this truth. Don’t let the opening line of this piece fool you. It is not…
Harvard University has now shown that there is a limit to how much it will compromise its reputation in pursuit of racial obsession. On Thursday, the university announced that it will reinstate its standardized testing requirement. The decision will enable…
Elite colleges are engaged in a balancing act: They are trying to maintain their reputation for having the best students while also giving an admissions advantage to their preferred races. In recent years, the desire for racial diversity has trumped…
Claudine Gay announced Tuesday that she is resigning from her position as president of Harvard University. The decision, she said, was “difficult beyond words.” Public resistance to Gay had escalated across the nation in recent months as she repeatedly displayed…
Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor died Dec. 1 in her home state of Arizona, at the age of 93. Justice O’Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, a signal…
Leftist college administrators subscribe to an ideology that deems race to be the defining factor of a person’s identity. So they abhor the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard — and they’re determined to find ways…
Students for Fair Admissions is once again challenging race-based admissions practices, this time by suing the U.S. Naval Academy. While some view the activist group as an obstacle to progress, the uncomfortable truth is that it raises valid concerns. We’re…
Months after the demise of affirmative action, various institutions of American higher education are rolling out Super Innovative Plans to combat their newfound inability to colorize meritocracy. In August, the most prominent university in the affirmative action debate released its…
For less than 24 hours, Columbia Law School’s website said it would require applicants to submit a video of themselves — then, it deleted that requirement. The policy appeared on the website Monday morning before the school removed it that…
