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  • College Enrollment is Decreasing… Is That a Good Thing?

    College Enrollment is Decreasing… Is That a Good Thing?0

    College enrollment is down for the fourth straight year, even though high school graduation rates are up. For an education system that pushes every child toward college, that may be bad news. But as an article in yesterday’s Atlantic claims, it may actually be a good thing. For one, declining college enrollment could be a

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  • College Coeducation Was No Triumph of Feminism

    College Coeducation Was No Triumph of Feminism0

    The 1960s witnessed a major shift in higher education in the Anglo-American world, which saw university life upended and reshaped in profoundly important ways: in the composition of student bodies and faculties; structures of governance; ways of doing institutional business; and relationships to the public issues of the day. Coeducation was one of those changes.

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  • College Brands Pro-Trump Message a ‘Hate Crime’

    College Brands Pro-Trump Message a ‘Hate Crime’0

    Politically-correct college administrators in Madison, Wisconsin asked police to investigate speech mocking campus Clinton supporters. The police reportedly did so, even though that could lead to a violation of the First Amendment. This is taking place at Edgewood College. Reason Magazine reports that an investigation has begun there over a “Suck it up, pussies” Post-it

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  • College Admission Scandal Grew out of a System That Was Ripe for Corruption

    College Admission Scandal Grew out of a System That Was Ripe for Corruption0

    As part of the “Operation Varsity Blues” case that federal prosecutors announced March 12, dozens of people – including Hollywood actresses and wealthy businessmen – stand accused of having bought their children’s way into elite colleges and universities. As a researcher who has studied how young athletes get admitted to college, I don’t see a

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  • College ‘Diversity Council’ Posts Fake Racist Flyers, Stoking Fear and Sparking Outrage

    College ‘Diversity Council’ Posts Fake Racist Flyers, Stoking Fear and Sparking Outrage0

    At Gustavus Adolphus College, the Diversity Leadership Council (DLC), with the help of several student-led social justice groups, decided to try a social experiment. They posted fake flyers with racially provocative messages on the theory that they would generate respectful dialogue about hate, intolerance, discrimination and diversity. The flyers read:  “A Notice to All White

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  • Collectivists Versus the Rest of Us

    Collectivists Versus the Rest of Us0

    My preferred online dictionary defines a collectivist as “an adherent of the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.” That’s too broad a definition, and too flabby. High school football teams, the Navy SEALs, and nuclear families are not examples of collectivist organizations. A collectivist advocates powerful, centralized governments,

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