Category Archives: University

Jordan Peterson in Clown Suit Speaks Profound Truth

Posted on 13 January, 2023 by alfin2101

Often the court jester is the wisest man in the kingdom. Dressing as a clown does not negate the truth in what a man says. In a recent interview with cognitive scientist John Vervaeke, Jordan Peterson delves into deep issues … Continue reading →

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Universities are Burning America to the Ground

Posted on 26 March, 2021 by alfin2101

The value has gone out of the average university education. At best, college has become a ruinously expensive four year escape from responsibility for youngsters. At worst it has become a training ground for radicals and rioters, set on a … Continue reading →

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The Illusion of Control and the Circle of Influence

Posted on 1 October, 2020 by alfin2101

Some Things Cannot Be Controlled — Even By the US, the EU, or the UN In the 1970’s, Ellen Langer, a researcher from UCLA, demonstrated evidence for a phenomenon she called the illusion of control… Time and again, research has … Continue reading →

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White Privilege = Asian Privilege = IQ

Posted on 14 September, 2020 by alfin2101

Well-intentioned people fought long and hard to assure equal opportunity for all citizens and legal residents. But when equal opportunity was finally achieved, the outcomes still did not equal out. This presented a difficult choice — whether to expose the … Continue reading →

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Say Good-Bye: Universities are Diseased, and Dying

Posted on 2 June, 2020 by alfin2101

Say Good-Bye to Your College Dreams and Delusions College Isn’t College Anymore: … the coronavirus is forcing people to take a hard look at that $51,000 tuition they’re spending. Even wealthy people just can’t swallow the jagged pill of tuition … Continue reading →

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Homeschool in the Age of Wuhan CoV-19: A New Dawn?

Posted on 2 April, 2020 by alfin2101

We Are All Homeschoolers Now When politicians decided to shut the schools, they inadvertently opened the eyes of parents and students to the brave new world of homeschooling. Kids go to school for six-plus hours a day, but a lot … Continue reading →

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Global Innovation: Foundations and Futures

Posted on 23 January, 2020 by alfin2101

Turnover is common on the Bloomberg Innovation Index. The 2020 list is no exception, as nations are rising and falling in the rankings across the board. Who Will Lead in Innovation in 2030? China is catching up with the rest … Continue reading →

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Between 25% and 50% of Colleges Will Fail in Next 20 Years

Posted on 4 September, 2019 by alfin2101

Michael Horn is an expert on education who predicts that 25% of US colleges will fail within the next 20 years. Personally I think the number will be closer to 50%, if you include mergers as a failure of individual … Continue reading →

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6 Years to Get a 4 Year Degree in Leisure Studies

Posted on 12 August, 2019 by alfin2101

College Is a Joke A Brigham Young University economist was wondering why 6-year graduation rates at 4-year universities had been rising recently. He discovered in a roundabout way that colleges have been “dumbing down” their departments and their degrees. If … Continue reading →

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Dirty Little Secret Revealed by US SAT Scores

Posted on 12 July, 2019 by alfin2101

Some Groups are Over-Represented in Higher Education Identity politics is making a mockery out of higher education. Many are admitted to elite colleges who cannot be taught, and others who should be admitted are being discriminated against because of their … Continue reading →

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Death by Administrative/Bureaucratic Bloat

Posted on 11 June, 2019 by alfin2101

For thousands of years, administrative bureaucracies have been seen as “necessary evils” by most taxpayers. Without them, it would be impossible to administer or defend cities and nations. But when they grow costly beyond their actual value — as in … Continue reading →

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Higher Education Cannot Go On Like This

Posted on 14 December, 2018 by alfin2101

Higher education needs to change, and falling enrollments are beginning to make that clearer to key players in the collegiate milieu. __ Richard Vedder Colleges are being forced into closure at increasingly rapid rates. The reasons are many, and vary … Continue reading →

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Don’t Burn Universities to the Ground; Put them Under the Dome!

Posted on 2 December, 2018 by alfin2101

The modern university is one of the greatest threats to the future of free societies. In the past, we have reported on calls to “burn universities to the ground,” in an attempt to prevent the rampant corruption on campuses from … Continue reading →

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The Curdling of the American Mind

Posted on 20 September, 2018 by alfin2101

Below, Jordan Peterson interviews the two authors of the recently released book “The Coddling of the American Mind:” Watch the first ten minutes of the interview above, and you will understand why I suggest substitution the word “curdling” in place … Continue reading →

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Universities: Destroying Lives for Ideology and Profit

Posted on 28 July, 2018 by alfin2101

Student loan debt has grown to overwhelm all other categories of non-housing consumer debt in this nation. __ Source The general public is slowly becoming aware that colleges and universities are destroying young lives. Corrupt university officials are raking in … Continue reading →

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First Educate the Child to Thrive in the World

Posted on 2 April, 2018 by alfin2101

Then if He Wants More Schooling, He Can Pay for It An education into broad personal competence has nothing to do with a college education. College is “schooling,” and most modern degrees in the US are less valuable than a … Continue reading →

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Enabling a Future: Setting Up the Knockout Punch

Posted on 25 February, 2018 by alfin2101

Two Years Ago, the Fascist Postmoderns Felt Invincible The Nazis of the left had taken control of universities, big media, the deep state, big foundations, most NGOs and activist groups, and scores of other social institutions from bottom to top. … Continue reading →

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American Universities Ripe for Neo-Revolution

Posted on 8 January, 2018 by alfin2101

The Old Revolution is Dead. Long Live Neo-Revolution! American colleges have been devastated by a 50 year revolution that has taken them away from educating students in favour of indoctrinating them. If this ongoing revolution of progressively leftist intolerance proceeds … Continue reading →

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What’s College Good For?

Posted on 12 December, 2017 by alfin2101

Barely more than half of all college students graduate within 6 years with a bachelor’s degree. Most of the rest never graduate. Imagine going to school for 6 + years and never graduating. Imagine the debt you can build up, … Continue reading →

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Today’s Left: A Compassionate Beating, a Caring Riot

Posted on 26 November, 2017 by alfin2101

Leftists Think of Themselves as “Caring and Compassionate” But there is a huge difference between “feelings of compassion,” and true acts of kindness. One is known by his actions, not by his words or his “feelings.” And the actions of … Continue reading →

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Safe Spaces for Snowflakes are Melting

Posted on 16 November, 2017 by alfin2101

Fantasy Landscape of Higher Education Doomed The U.S. Department of Education and Moody’s Investors Service project that in the coming years, closure rates of small colleges and universities will triple, and mergers will double. __ Source And why not close … Continue reading →

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What Kind of Pathetic Wimps are We Raising?

Posted on 26 October, 2017 by alfin2101

When we raise kids unaccustomed to facing anything on their own, including risk, failure, and hurt feelings, our society and even our economy are threatened. Yet modern child-rearing practices and laws seem all but designed to cultivate this lack of … Continue reading →

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A More Relevant Ranking of Top US Universities

Posted on 20 September, 2017 by alfin2101

Universities were once meant to expose young people to “the universe” of rational schools of thought. The diversity of ideas and freedom of expression were once of paramount importance, before political correctness took over. In the interest of full disclosure, … Continue reading →

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Kids Have Got Nothing to Live For

Posted on 31 August, 2017 by alfin2101

Nothing to Live For? Kids need goals and values. Without them, a natural nihilism sets in which resonates wildly with others of their age cohort. Without direction, without self-discipline, without well developed pre-frontal executive functions, they are lost. And so … Continue reading →

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Can Millenials Be Saved from Themselves?

Posted on 9 August, 2017 by alfin2101

Message to Millenials University of Toronto professor and licensed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, wants to help the lost generation of millenials — and subsequent generations. Peterson wants to accomplish this by a two-pronged strategy: By starving the corrupt politically correct … Continue reading →

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