Earlier this week, the Catholic University of America terminated the contract of a psychology professor who invited a self-proclaimed “abortion doula” to speak for a class. University president Peter Kilpatrick announced the decision on Tuesday, Jan. 30 — just one…
As I recounted recently in the Wall Street Journal, 20 years ago Milton Friedman wrote me to say, after doing a complete analysis, he believed we should be taxing our universities rather than subsidizing them. The economics involved are pretty…
I don’t know how much more time we Jews have left in America. Maybe a hundred years. Maybe a thousand years. Maybe more. Maybe less (the proper adjective if too much to count). Maybe fewer (if few enough to count)….
“Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate (your university’s) code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., asked three university presidents on Tuesday. The occasion was a House Committee on Education and the Workforce…
I recently had an altercation with a typical graduate of our American system of education. That is, I got into it with a self-satisfied ignoramus. The topic was the vast areas of general knowledge that college freshmen are innocent of,…
Anti-Semitic incidents have increased nearly 400 percent since the Hamas attack on Israeli citizens, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL reports that the incidents have included assault, vandalism, and harassment. Across the world, massive anti-Israel protests, including protests…
The muted response from college and university presidents to barbarism inflicted upon Israel might not have raised eyebrows in the pre–George Floyd world. But since that time, “obligatory” describes the role of public figures, to include faculty and administrators, in…
Most conservatives are well aware that American institutions of higher learning tend to be hopelessly woke. They not only attract the kinds of students who have been indoctrinated into the cult but prefer them to the normal individuals who find…
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…
