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Writer's pictureJoanne Jacobs

Free thinking at UATX

60 Minutes has a very positive story on the University of Austin, which admitted its first class of students this fall.




Students are admitted based on MEI (merit, excellence, intelligence) -- and willingness to debate ideas -- without regard to race, ethnicity or sex. Most are white and Asian, and two-thirds of the first class are male. I wonder if males are braver about trying a college that doesn't promise to be a "safe space" -- or perhaps just braver about a brand-new college that won't complete accreditation until the first class graduates. Or ... ?


I wrote in Education Next about the UATX's hopes to become a center for inquiry -- not just a haven for the canceled.

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superdestroyer
5 days ago

Everyone should look up the history of Patrick Henry College which was the last version of this idea.

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superdestroyer
3 days ago
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It seems like UofAustin is aimed at the students who did not want to go to Hillsdale, Grove City, or Patrick Henry but reside in that quadrant of politics

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