Introduction Three primary issues broadly afflict college campuses today: intolerance towards diverse thought, the devolution of social purpose, and the rise of the inconsequential. These phenomena contribute to the educational hysteria that is increasingly dominating the political, social and educational spheres of the modern American university. They include trigger warnings for differing opinions, the non-ironic use of...
Students at Princeton University have started an online petition calling on their school’s president, trustees, and faculty to reject the demands of the student group Black Justice League, which include removing Woodrow Wilson’s name from buildings and creating “affinity housing” for students interested in Black culture. The petition, titled “Protect Plurality, Historical Perspective, and Academic...
Cornell’s students, professors, and administrators might have to descend from their high horses to explain this one. University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds’ recent editorial “To reduce inequality, abolish Ivy League” backs all of the Ivy League’s liberal do-gooders and agents of express wisdom and moral authority into a corner. Where do Ivy League...
Students at Columbia University have come up with two innovative ways to address food insecurity on their campus: a custom app called Swipes and an Emergency Meal Fund. The Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) presented both the app and meal-sharing program at the beginning of this academic year. As this USA Today article explains,...
A recent Huffington Post article would have you believe the answer is both. The article, titled “Men Educated At Ivy League Schools Vastly Outearn Female Classmates”, posits that sexism plays a large role in the gender gap of the alumni of top universities. According to the Department of Education chart below, MIT and Stanford had...
The title “Transformational Leadership for Church and Society” sounds like it should describe a program promoting tolerance and open-mindedness, along with sophisticated leadership values. However, the workshop-based initiative by the Yale Divinity School (YDS) is doing the exact opposite with its hiring of “#BlackLivesMatter” protest leader DeRay McKesson. McKesson, who has two years’ experience teaching...
Cornell has been on a roll lately, topping all elite universities in number of Ashley Madison accounts affiliated with university email addresses and clocking in as the 4th most liberal college–highest among the Ivy League–according to faculty political donations. But, just when we thought we had it all, Harvard swooped in and took all the...
The Ivy League’s reputation for academic success is only eclipsed by its constituent universities’ left-wing antics. The Review mostly focuses on such antics here at Cornell, so we wanted to share some from our rivals as well. Harvard: A graduate school program, “Making Caring Common,” recently released a report that aims to educate parents to prevent “gender...
Dartmouth announced yesterday a campus-wide ban on hard liquor–any drinks with more than 15% alcohol. In a speech delivered on Thursday to students and faculty outlining the ban and other new policies, Dartmouth president Phillip J. Hanlon cited the sullied reputation of the college due to students’ “extreme behaviors.” In the past several months, Dartmouth found...
Are you a single, lonely Ivy League student or graduate? Well, not for long, because there’s now a Tinder-esque app exclusively for Ivy Leaguers and similar types, or as the app itself puts it: the “smart, good-looking & successful.” It’s called, of course, The League.