College graduation speeches often reveal the state of higher education. While some speakers, like singer-songwriter Eric Church, focus on family and purpose, others are disinvited or face student walkouts for speaking their minds.
Cancel Culture on Campus
At New York University, students booed and walked out on social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who has exposed the cancel culture entrenched in higher education. Similarly, South Carolina State officials disinvited their lieutenant governor, Pamela Everett, due to her prior comments criticizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
These incidents demonstrate the lack of robust debate and ideological conformity among college faculty, which starves students of rigorous debate and the honest pursuit of truth. The overwhelming ideological conformity has led to the suppression of conservative voices and the promotion of anti-Western ideology.
Restoring Academic Seriousness
To restore sanity on campus, university officials must lead a genuine moral reset. This requires defending academic seriousness, rejecting every form of racism, and promoting institutions where students can learn, debate, and grow in virtue. Trustees, presidents, and administrators must use every tool available to cultivate a culture of academic excellence and moral clarity.
The federal government has taken steps to address these issues, including better engagement between the U.S. Departments of Education and Treasury. However, more needs to be done to ensure that universities are guiding students toward maturity, virtue, meaning, and purpose.
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