Stop donating to leftist colleges (Even if you are an Alumnus)

American Thinker ^ | 06/20/2022 | Joe Alton

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Fox News host Pete Hegseth has decided to put his Masters of Public Policy diploma from Harvard University in an envelope marked “return to sender.” In his new book American Crusade, the highly decorated Iraq and Afghanistan veteran tells his alma mater “Thank you for the ‘education,' but I can no longer support your leftist cause” and encourages others to do the same.

He’s not the only one suffering from what I call “educational remorse.” Some time ago, cartoonist Scott Adams of “Dilbert” fame blogged that he would stop donating to UC-Berkeley.

At the time, Mr. Adams stated “…I’m ending my support of UC Berkeley, where I got my MBA years ago. I have been a big supporter lately, with both my time and money, but that ends today. I wish them well, but I wouldn’t feel safe or welcome on the campus. A Berkeley professor made that clear to me recently. He seems smart, so I’ll take his word for it.”

It’s clear from recent history that conservative voices aren’t welcome at today’s universities, where they get in the way of student indoctrination by professors. Instances abound in which speakers from the center and right are the targets of protests and shouted down before they can even begin to discuss the issues of the day. And that’s if they get to the podium at all; it’s just as likely that they’ll be disinvited the day after they accept the invitation.

Given that there is such a lack of free discourse in today’s educational system, it makes you wonder why moderates and conservatives still donate to their colleges. Is it to remember and honor the good old days? Is it some kind of guilt?

[Macoozie]

“conservative voices aren’t welcome at today’s universities”

Scott Adam is no “Conservative”. He’d be the first to tell you that, as he regularly does in his podcast.

What he is, is a Critical Thinker.

That, my fine feathered friends, is boundlessly more dangerous to The Left than any simple Cathedral tag a McCain/Romney/Jeb! could claim.

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My mother was Vassar'44 while my dad did 2 years at OK A&M before the WW2 (Now Oklahoma State). My brother did USMA'72 while I did USC (South Carolina). My late brother gave generously to USMA causes like the new Welcome Center etc. Other than that, since the 1990s, all of the rest of us have been giving to Hillsdale College exclusively. There are others of a similar vein so look for them!

FYI: Hillsdale is establishing a campus near Sacramento CA (Placer County) and the local LEFTists have gone BALLISTIC! Attack phrases like 'extremist institution' and 'ultra conservative' have been used freely along with the LEFT's old reliable; 'extreme right wing'! The local news (rag?), the Sacramento Bee, had one of its luminaries, Hanna Holzer, do an op ed piece, “A conspiracy-peddling college is coming to Placer County,” 01/23/2022. Amongst her powerful points of critique was the fact that Placer County ALREADY had a Christian & conservative college a mere 30 minutes from Hillsdale's new campus! WOW!

[T Ruth]

This article is spot on!

Why should you support institutions that make it their business to foment hatred toward you and institutions you value and respect?

It is good, however, to support education. Three colleges worth considering:

College of the Ozarks
Hillsdale College
Patrick Henry College