Shafik and Other College Presidents Have Missions Confusion

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is urging university leaders across the country to do some “serious soul searching.” Good advice. She should start with her own soul. Shafik has the wrong idea about the purpose of a university.

She and likeminded college presidents are turning preeminent universities into factories, churning out social activists who are adept at shouting down their opponents, squaring off against cops, and vandalizing buildings but who acquire little knowledge and few reasoning skills during college.

Harvard, Yale, UPenn, and Stanford are searching for new presidents. Cornell joined the ranks last week when its president Martha E. Pollack resigned.

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