=== WSJ 11/16/2017 By Zachary Wood – Williamstown, Mass. ‘You’re a racist white supremacist!” a Williams College student shouted at Christina Hoff Sommers, after she finished a recent campus talk on feminism. To their credit, a handful of students responded to Ms. Sommers’s talk with challenging questions and cogent criticisms. But insults, rants and meltdowns consumed the majority of the question-and-answer session. As president... Read more
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
When Listening is Not Listening
November 19 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Education, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The LeftThe Sickness in Higher Education
November 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Losing Freedom, The LeftI’m sure I’ve posted stuff about education before. This one is a good one. ===== Posted in WSJ 11/14/2017 By John M. Ellis The sheer public spectacle of near-riots has forced some college administrators to take a stand for free expression and provide massive police protection when controversial speakers like Ben Shapiro come to campus. But when Mr. Shapiro leaves, the conditions that... Read more
James Madison Weeps
September 27 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Education, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The Left, US ConstitutionWSJ Sept. 19, 2017 7:13 p.m. ET ‘Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government,” wrote Ben Franklin. “When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved.” Imagine what Franklin, James Madison and the other Founders would make of a new Brookings Institution survey showing that American college students have no clue what... Read more
Apprenticeships!
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Education, Work worldSomething Germany has known for years. ========== WSJ 6/19/2017 One restraint on economic growth is the increasing U.S. labor shortage, especially for jobs that require technical skills. Meanwhile, many college grads are underemployed and burdened by student debt. The Trump Administration is trying to address both problems by rethinking the government’s educational priorities. President Trump directed Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta last week to... Read more
Who’s Afraid of Student Journalists?
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Liberal Press, Losing Freedom, Politically correctThis story first broke by the New York Times? =================== By John J. Miller WSJ 2/9/2017 Riots last week at the University of California, Berkeley stopped Milo Yiannopoulos, a rightwing provocateur who contributes to Breitbart News, from speaking on campus. The violence forced the cancellation of his event and inflicted $100,000 in damage to school property, according to administrators. Then it spread to New... Read more
