It’s no wonder that public confidence in our colleges and universities is dropping—and dropping rapidly. Colleges across the country are surrendering to a vocal minority of students and faculty who protest a speaker simply...
C-SPAN’s Washington Journal tackled the issue of commencement speaker disinvitations, asking “Should commencement address speakers reflect student values?” Host Greta Wodele Brawner extensively quoted ACTA president Anne Neal. Don’t miss this important discussion.
The University of Virginia has a problem. It’s not just that the university founded by Thomas Jefferson allows students to graduate without a single course in American history or economics. Or that many classrooms...
Butte College administrator Al Renville was never trained as a police investigator, but that’s close to the job he found himself in when two students had a sexual encounter off campus that led one...
It’s the end of the school year, which means caps and gowns, graduation parties and, lately, commencement speakers who withdraw at the last minute amid controversy. International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde became...
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday joined an elite group—those whose plans to give commencement addresses this graduation season were derailed by student or faculty protests. Christine Lagarde, managing director of...
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