Students Pressure Harvard, Middlebury To Oust Unwoke Professors
Two recent examples from Harvard University and Middlebury College illustrate the illiberalism that has become ascendant on many campuses and in many of our cultural institutions.
Newest Middlebury College Fracas Illustrates How Democracy Turns Totalitarian
The vilification of those who differ, the use of social control to punish, dividing all into victims and oppressors—what Ryszard Legutko describes is no longer a small cloud on the horizon.
Two Thumbs Up For Claremont McKenna’s Suspensions Of Student Protesters
Hell and fury this is not, but it’s infinitely preferable to the boastful cowardice on display from Middlebury, and may discourage future thuggery.
Here’s Why So Many Republicans View America’s Colleges And Universities Negatively
Many of them have seen or experienced the detrimental results of campus protests, a growing PC culture, and catastrophic student debt.
Almost 40 Years Ago, Christopher Lasch Diagnosed The Rise Of Trump And Anti-Trump As Narcissism
The historian and social critic knew that the political and cultural movements of the Sixties would have long-lasting consequences for American democracy.
5 Most Telling Campus Outbreaks Of The 2016-17 Academic Year
Higher education is not about to send its clowns to the unemployment lines or retire its lions to wildlife sanctuaries, but its own circus is showing some fragility.
Middlebury Didn’t Really Punish Students Over Charles Murray Riot
Middlebury College has mildly sanctioned students involved in attacking a professor and banging on car and building windows during a Charles Murray visit.
Middlebury Announces More Disciplinary Actions Over Charles Murray Student Riot
Middlebury College in Vermont has again announced that it has disciplined students over their behavior during an event featuring conservative author Charles Murray on March 2.
Middlebury Students Vote To Protest Discipline Of Charles Murray Protesters
The student bill argues that arresting students who engage in violent and disruptive behavior would result in ‘psychological trauma for marginalized students.’
Middlebury Takes Unspecified ‘Disciplinary Action’ On More Than 30 Students Over Charles Murray Fiasco
Middlebury College in Vermont says it had identified ‘more than 70 individuals’ who may have violated campus policies during a riot over social scientist Charles Murray’s presence.
Middlebury Professor Apologizes To Rioters For Inviting Charles Murray
This Middlebury College professor apologized not to Murray, the colleague rioters injured, or the students who wanted to hear Murray’s speech, but to the rioters who shut it all down.
Springfield College Tries To Oust Professor For Teaching ‘Men In Literature’
The world has more than 900 women’s studies programs, and thousands of classes about women in literature. English professor Dennis Gouws tries to teach one ‘men in literature’ class, and it’s one too many.
Professors Shouldn’t Be Signing Free-Speech Pacts Alone. Students, Step Up
A long list of professors have agreed to challenge their classrooms, and this will make a difference within the lecture halls, but that’s not enough.
Addressing Bigotry Does More To Stop It Than Shutting Down Speech
Shouting down or shutting down speech isn’t a triumph against ignorance; it perpetuates ignorance.
Liberals Cannot Condemn Campus Rioters Because They Created Them
Progressives are now horrified at the fervor with which students carry out their ideas—but they are still the ones who enlisted these youngsters in the first place.
“Secular Religion” and the Impossibility of Religious Liberty
Consistent progressivism is intolerant. Consistent Christianity is tolerant.
The Left Can’t Stop Campus Riots Like Middlebury’s Because Their Ideology Deserves Blame
Liberals need to appreciate the dangers posed by a radical movement that rejects the principles of intellectual freedom and freedom of expression.
How Middlebury College Enabled The Student Riot During Charles Murray’s Visit
School administrators must stop abasing themselves to student outrage. Colleges should foster intellectual community—not progressive appeasement.
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