In an era where a handful of social media posts can lead to a Capitol Hill hearing, developing a plan before a crisis is critical. College presidents and their staffs should use the next few months to develop a strategy for responding to these five key issues.
At Antioch, we are doing our part to deliver the core promise of American higher education. Members of Congress and the Department of Education must return the favor.
The curse of a sole focus on vocationalism comes as a reaction to corporate leaders and their willing collaborators in state legislatures who think it is either difficult or impractical to interest students in the liberal arts or, heaven forbid, that it might make them into informed voters.
"There is no diversity and inclusion of intellectual thought, and the result of that is antisemitism," said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.). "College campuses have descended from coveted centers of intellectual freedom to illiberal sewers of tolerance and bigotry."
Confidence in the higher education system has dropped by double-digit numbers among all groups, except for Democrats, who were one point shy, Gallup found.
"Generations of grad workers have organized before us. and I'm really excited to finally win," said one graduate student in the university's physics department.
