Posted on 04/20/2025 5:36:44 AM PDT by Rummyfan
There is a story in the news today about two colleges. One is the oldest college in America, having been founded before the American Revolution. It is also perhaps the very most elite of the Ivy League. It is the goal of most children of the elite in America, which is the closest we have to an aristocracy; “legacy”, or the children of its graduates, are still given a major “leg up” when applying to go there. Its researchers in many fields, from economics to literature to medicine, are the recipients of billions of dollars of government grants. It recently lost a Supreme Court case which found that it discriminated against a very large class of applicants, of a particular ethnic group which has been known for its high test-scores and parents who shepherd their kids through “gifted and talented” programs across the country. It has also been in the news due to extensive “demonstrations” on its campus by people who support the terrorists of Hamas in their efforts to destroy the State of Israel. The college president lost her job after testifying before Congress that she couldn’t say whether the anti-semitism of those demonstrators was a beneficial or detrimental sentiment.
The other college is a small liberal-arts school in south-central Michigan, dating from 1844. It was founded by Free-will Baptists, and from its inception was known for accepting all races, classes, and religions of students. It admitted women starting at its founding, when most other schools did not, including the one described above. It had very high standards, both of academic achievement and societal participation of its students. Its population of male students almost uniformly enlisted in the Union Army at the Civil War, as they knew that the United States was worth fighting for. ...
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If Trump actually could wrest Harvard’s nonprofit status from it, forget it becoming the Hillsdale of the East: Harvard will be the Devry University of the North!
Hillsdale is good, but to call it “elite” is a stretch.
I’d probably prefer my kid to go to Hillsdale instead of Harvard if I had a child of college age.
“wrest Harvard’s nonprofit status from it”
Hopefully, lawsuits have been filed against Harvard for which it will pay dearly.
Sometimes the college can get an education.
Woohoo. My son did go to Hillsdale. He is an MD now. Couldn’t be more proud!
Good for you and him! Happy Easter!
“(Hillsdale) admitted women starting at its founding”
Impressive and courageous back then and it’s not reasonable to blame them for what it ultimately led up to - that being the end of White Civilization.
Congrats!
And rightly so.
At this point, I’d rather see my child attend trade school.
Both of my daughters went to Hillsdale over 25 years ago . They both turned out great and our still going strong.
Wow! That is fantastic! Kudos!!!!!!!!!!
Kudos!!!
Hillsdale is a great liberal arts college.
However, without Federal funding (NIH and NSF, mainly) it can never do world-class research!
For a history of NIH and NSF funding, see Vannevar Bush Science–the Endless Frontier, 1945.
Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc. must save themselves from the foreign students who push support for Hamas and antisemitism. When I was an MIT undergraduate and a Harvard PhD candidate, there were few Third World students and no antisemitism. Our great universities can go back to what they once were!
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