The Downsides of Virtue Signaling Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE SEP 26, 2026 8:00 AM

Some decisions cost more than others.

• Nikole Hannah-Jones Regrets Sending Her Child to Failing Schools to Make a Point

This could be very costly in the long run.

• Stanford University Under Fire for Altering Identity of Students in Photo With AI

Have you noticed that some people are allowed to speak on campus with no consequences?

• Hasan Piker to Speak at Cornell Despite Growing Concerns About Antisemitism
• Hasan Piker Invited to Cornell by “Poisonous” Anti-American and Anti-Israel Movement
• Washington U. ‘Academic Freedom’ Speakers All Come From the Left, Including Communist Angela Davis

Some people pay the ultimate price.

• U. Utah Drops Cases Against College Republicans Over Charlie Kirk Post

The EPP is still going strong.

• Investigate Federally-Funded Intersectionality-Based U. Maryland “Lavender Lab” – Equal Protection Project Civil Rights Complaint

Higher education doesn’t want to change.

• Graduate Certificate Program at U. Idaho has Students ‘Decolonizing’ Research
• Course Catalog at Rutgers U. Features Several Marxist Courses
• UCLA Education Dept. Focuses on Social Justice and Activism in Courses for Elementary Education

There is no political balance.

• Zero Percent of Political Donations at Princeton Go to Republicans
• Poll: 95% of Harvard Arts and Sciences Professors Oppose Trump

Here’s where things are headed.

• Enrollment at Western Illinois U. Down 67% since 2006
• U. Texas at Austin Drops Four Majors Focused on Race, Gender

So ridiculous.

• Morgan State Prof Tries to Turn FOIA Request Related to Karmelo Anthony Case Into a Racial Issue

Criminal.

• Education Dept. Investigating Massachusetts School Over Alleged Secret Gender Transition

Yet everyone is an expert on politics.

• Survey: 35% of Americans Cannot Name the Government’s Three Branches

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