The college world is changing. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

According to the Washington Post, undergraduate enrollment nationwide dropped over 3% last year,

465,000 students. Maybe the pandemic led more students to stay close to home,

or maybe a job-friendly labor market tempted more to work instead. Either way, it's forcing

the question of what college is actually for. And too many universities,

true critical inquiry has been replaced by ideological conformity. For example, Republicans are just

4% of historians, 3% of sociologists, and 2% of literature professors. But the problem isn't

only there are more Dems than GOPers, is that there are more admins and diversity, equity,

and inclusion officers than students. It's that schools are indo admins and diversity, equity, and inclusion officers than

students. It's that schools are indoctrinating, not educating. Christians have a new challenge and an

opportunity to preserve the very best of classic liberalism. After transferring to Hillsdale

College, one surprised former Ivy Leagueer, atheist liberal, said this. I was confronted with the

fact that these religious institutions were in practice

far more aligned with my values of individual liberty, critical inquiry, and diversity of thought

than the place that explicitly claimed those things. That's a good report card and an even

better goal. I'm John Stonstrom.