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The Bell Tolls for Higher Ed
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | November 29, 2024 | Richard K. Vedder

Posted on 12/03/2024 3:38:44 AM PST by karpov

Writing four centuries ago, John Donne memorably opined, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” He memorably concluded, “Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

The “bells” in Donne’s era were rung by the church upon the death of parishioners. This all came to mind in the aftermath of the presidential election, one implication of which is that higher education, no “island entire of itself,” is in for some tough reckoning

In this year’s elections, the woke majority dominating America’s universities was a huge loser. As the election seemed to demonstrate, most Americans are not fans of the progressivism dominating American campuses, where most of the faculty, top administrators, and even student leaders are part of a ruling campus Woke Supremacy.

During the Biden administration, progressives supported antisemitic demonstrations on many prominent campuses and tolerated protests that impeded learning and frightened diligent students and faculty. They created and defended a morally suspect and constitutionally dubious campus DEI bureaucracy. It was in the one part of the federal government that Democrats did not control, the House of Representatives, that higher education sealed its fate with the American public. There, during disastrous hearings featuring top university presidents, college leaders steadfastly refused to denounce behavior that most Americans found reprehensible.

Moreover, the Biden Administration used its Department of Education in extreme ways to promote its woke agenda—with the tacit blessing of our universities. The fiasco of legally dubious attempts to forgive student-loan debt was the clearest manifestation of this, but it was far from the only one.

(Excerpt) Read more at jamesgmartin.center ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: academia; college; education

1 posted on 12/03/2024 3:38:44 AM PST by karpov
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To: karpov

bkmk


2 posted on 12/03/2024 3:53:48 AM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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To: karpov

We would know if Trump reforms are working if there are large scale lay offs of DEI administrators and a college president is perp walked off campus for violating the civil rights of white students. There are no Trump supporters in college faculty rooms, administration and executives. There is little chance of a friendly being a casualty.


3 posted on 12/03/2024 4:09:07 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: karpov

Higher ed is a viper’s nest of Marxism in America. Don’t expect it to lie down and die peacefully.


4 posted on 12/03/2024 4:10:58 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson (paraphrased): "If you strike at the king, don't fail." The Democrats failed. )
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To: karpov

An excellent read. Thank you.


5 posted on 12/03/2024 4:13:30 AM PST by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: karpov

Higher education has become a malignant cancer for our free republic. Where us the targeted radiation therapy?


6 posted on 12/03/2024 4:14:21 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: karpov

Speaking of Higher Ed, from Stanford...

https://solarweb1.stanford.edu/JSOC_Emergency_Resources.html

Per the above...

Joint Science Operations Center

Welcome to the JSOC Emergency Resources Page
This page contains updated information on:
The status of the JSOC and affected SDO/IRIS data distribution systems
Alternate data resources that are providing SDO and IRIS data, and
Frequently Asked Questions.
We appreciate your understanding as our team prioritizes the repair and recovery of the affected systems.
All available information will be posted on this site, and any inquiries we receive that are not answered in the current FAQ will be added as soon as we are able.


7 posted on 12/03/2024 4:19:37 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: DeplorablePaul

I am a full professor at a major university. In a STEM field, obviously.

While I am greatly outnumbered, I am not alone in my conservatism on campus. Most are right-leaning Libertarian types, but there are a handful of genuine MAGA folks as well.

I detest what the Left has done to most of higher ed. There are times I am very tempted to leave and make more money in industry, but I have chosen to stay and fight from the inside.


8 posted on 12/03/2024 4:46:05 AM PST by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: comebacknewt

I don’t envy you for working in a such a hostile environment. I hope you get to sue someone. Some conservative professors have gotten big pay outs.


9 posted on 12/03/2024 4:55:57 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: karpov

Higher ED was ruined when all kinds of money came flowing in after WWII. It is now to the point that a bachelor’s degree is nearly useless. Logic, reasoning, truth from fiction, is not taught anymore. Most colleges are either completely useless or nothing but trade schools teaching basic skills. It now takes until a doctorate program before any semblance of critical thinking appears, and even then not always.


10 posted on 12/03/2024 5:14:00 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Recent reports that U of Michigan, a core source of the DEI cancer, is cancelling their half billion dollar DEI commitment. So yes, there will be DEI bureaucrats being shown the door there, as well as other places. In the private sector, DEI is dying a natural death. Of course anything Trump can do to accelerate the process will be a good thing for America..


11 posted on 12/03/2024 5:36:47 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: karpov

It can’t happen too soon.


12 posted on 12/03/2024 5:51:07 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: comebacknewt
I have chosen to stay and fight from the inside.

keep up the good fight!

13 posted on 12/03/2024 5:54:43 AM PST by goo goo g'joob (When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful)
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To: karpov

As long as there is funding, collectivism will be a fixture on campus.

The solutions are simple.


14 posted on 12/03/2024 6:15:32 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: karpov

Academia is absolutely corrupt.


15 posted on 12/03/2024 6:34:52 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Right... too many entitled old stoners in the faculty who are used to princely salaries and perks or doing NOTHING!

Sending students home, during lockdown, to do their curriculum was proof positive JUST how insignificant these jerks are

16 posted on 12/03/2024 6:41:18 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: comebacknewt
There are times I am very tempted to leave and make more money in industry, but I have chosen to stay and fight from the inside.

God keep you in the lower intestine of the beast. That's what I'm doing in upending the environmental move-mint in Santa Cruz County, California.

17 posted on 12/03/2024 7:15:05 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: karpov

You know there’s a problem on campus when admin can’t handle a life-sized cutout of Trump. Yes... it really did happen here locally.


18 posted on 12/03/2024 10:23:26 AM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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