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Larry Arnn Reveals Secret of Hillsdale College’s Success
OXON HILL, Md.—Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn criticized the overcomplication of learning in K-12 schools and universities across the nation, calling for America to return to “the classics.” Speaking at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit on Friday, Arnn picked apart the critical flaws in how progressives view the classroom in a discussion with… -
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Handful of Colleges Hold Out, Push Back on Cultural Marxism on Campus
Former University of Kentucky championship swimmer Riley Gaines was recently assaulted by demonstrators at San Francisco State University for her support of keeping biological men out of women’s sports. Federal Appeals Court Judge Kyle Duncan was shouted down at Stanford Law School. Cornell University’s student government recently passed a resolution calling for automatic trigger warnings from faculty—though,… -
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A University Gets Free Speech Right … Mostly
Students are proving that they learned their social justice lessons well, as shout-downs of conservative campus speakers at universities like Stanford demonstrate. But when students demanded that state-funded George Mason University cancel Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as this year’s commencement speaker, the university refused. The university president defended the decision to host Youngkin because, in… -
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Liberty University Announces New President and Chancellor
America’s largest Christian university announced a new president and chancellor Friday, more than two years after then-President Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned amid scandal. The board of trustees for Liberty University, based in Lynchburg, Virginia, unanimously appointed retired Maj. Gen. Dondi E. Costin, Ph.D., to serve as the institution’s sixth president and Pastor Jonathan Falwell to…