Want To Stop Rioting on Campus? The Answer Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Tumult on American college and university campuses has become a routine part of the news. Watching television or reading newspapers, one might wonder whether students are learning anything in college or are merely agitating on issues they little understand. Blame for this state of affairs is often placed upon the students, the parents who failed to raise them with virtues such as humility and temperance, and the administrators who abdicate governance. Those are all culprits in many cases. But i

Tumult on American college and university campuses has become a routine part of the news. Watching television or reading newspapers, one might wonder whether students are learning anything in college or are merely agitating on issues they little understand. Blame for this state of affairs is often placed upon the students, the parents who failed to raise them with virtues such as humility and temperance, and the administrators who abdicate governance. Those are all culprits in many cases. But i…