This is CBSI on the world.

I'm John Batchel.

I welcome my colleague Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution,

writing his column for Real Clear Politics,

about the challenge to American colleges and universities

identified over these last years

because the inability of the universities and colleges to understand

that they're regarded as not trustworthy means that from the outside there must be strong voices

to guide them. They do not see the problem, clearly. The problem is everywhere. Perhaps that is the beginning of

their search. Peter, a very good evening to you. Thank you. The problem, let's identify it. They

do not think there's a problem. That in itself is a problem. But in addition to that, what we

have in this spring and summer of 2024 was a demonstration that the universities

tolerate hate speech and anti-Semitism and cruelty, tolerated in the name of academia.

Your essay identifies how we got into this mix. Is there a one simple formula they used or was it a variety of places to go

ever and ever deeper into intolerance? Good evening to you. Good evening, John. Well, there are

a variety of ways in which the universities are able to shirk accountability for their actions.

But before mentioning those points, it's first emphasizing your opening point, which is the universities still don't think that very much is wrong with them.

Their view is that the right is a perennial, perennial enemy of the universities, and the

right has seized upon a few outrageous examples, a few outliers.

But fundamentally, the universities are just fine.

This is a view shared by many.

How can they get away with that?

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