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When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker unveiled his higher education reforms for the state university system, the reaction from that quarter was predictably negative. Yet and still, Governor Walker’s proposals are remarkably similar to several that are bandied about in the higher education establishment. What drew the most ire from the Ivory Tower in Wisconsin was the governor’s suggestion that universities abandon the “shared governance” they have been operating under, whereby faculty members effectively have a veto over administrative decisions. It is worth noting that a former president of Princeton has endorsed such a concept and the University of Maryland Board...

I would like to begin this week's column with a question: Have you ever heard of a group called "Consenting Academics for Sexual Equity?" Most likely you have not. It's not a famous organization. I wouldn't know it existed if I hadn't read about it in Ben Shapiro's book "Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth." It's a small, obscure group with few members. But it is important that we, especially the young women among us, know about it because it illustrates a larger problem in academia today. Consenting Academics for Sexual Equity is an organization founded by University of California...