Finding the right person to push a few hundred Hillsdale College graduates out the door and into the real world is a daunting task. The things they’ve learned have equipped them to be the top picks in the job market, but high unemployment numbers persist among Hillsdale students. They need to hear from someone who...
Month: September 2012
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Elections have consequences: The Foreign Policy Problem
When President Barack Obama began his campaign in 2007, he offered a carrot as his approach to America’s foreign policy rather than a stick. Five years later, terrorists have murdered an ambassador and set fire to our embassies. Obama’s approach deserves much of the blame. “I think the world will have confidence that I am...
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The Hillsdale Difference: Do Hillsdale students suffer from a lack of ambition?
In the summer of 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “How Hillsdale Beats Harvard.” While the article focused predominantly on Hillsdale’s consistent refusal to accept government funds, the idea that Hillsdale could be better than an Ivy League school always struck me as inspiring and true in many ways. As any incoming freshman...
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Surprising diversity in “citadel of conservatism”
One-third of Hillsdale College faculty call themselves Republicans, a quarter call themselves Democrats, and a fifth call themselves politically independent, according to a survey conducted by The Collegian. “There is a considerable range of opinion amongst the faculty. There are plenty of liberals, ” said Paul Rahe, professor of history and a registered Republican since...
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Freshman class raises the bar
The Class of 2016 continued Hillsdale College’s 10-year-long streak of rising incoming freshman grade point averages. This year’s freshman class average high school GPA is 3.8. “A whopping 0.03 percent higher than last year, and a few more students were in the top 10 percent of their class” Director of Admissions Jeff Lantis said. “The...