Radicalized academia is fiercely resisting the self-correction it needs
Radicalized academia is facing a reckoning due to various crises, including declining enrollments and politicization. A new report sponsored by Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis examines the roots of academia's self-made crises, pointing to politicization and the adoption of "scholar-activism" as the reigning paradigm. The report's recommendations are intellectual, not political, and have sparked fierce responses from academia, with some defending the academy's biases and others calling for the report to be rescinded.
- ▪The higher education system is facing a reckoning due to declining enrollments, discriminatory hiring and admissions policies, and reliance on foreign students.
- ▪A new report sponsored by Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis points to politicization and the adoption of 'scholar-activism' as the reigning paradigm as the root cause of academia's crises.
- ▪The report's recommendations have sparked fierce responses from academia, with some defending the academy's biases and others calling for the report to be rescinded.
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Opinion>Opinions - Education The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill Radicalized academia is fiercely resisting the self-correction it needs Comments: by Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, opinion contributors - 07/27/26 7:30 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, opinion contributors - 07/27/26 7:30 AM ET Comments: Link copied Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Near the Columbia University campus in November 2023. This has been a terrible year for the higher education industrial complex. Among the many crises are a year and a half of assaults by the Trump administration against research grants and foreign money, discriminatory hiring and admissions policies and reliance on foreign students.
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