{"id":6118,"date":"2022-03-17T05:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2022-03-17T05:25:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:25:03","slug":"the-grim-reality-of-yale-law-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6118","title":{"rendered":"The Grim Reality of Yale Law School"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon has the story<\/a>.\u00a0 The details are sad but expected in today’s world of academia.\u00a0 Universities are illiberal institutions that are opposed to their core tenets of intellectual exploration and freedom of ideas.\u00a0 This captures the issue squarely:<\/p>\n

Ellen Cosgrove, the associate dean of the law school, was present at the panel the entire time. Though the cacophony clearly violated Yale’s free speech policies, she did not confront any of the protesters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps the law school will decry the mob’s activity; but without consequences any statement is worse than mere words since it tacitly condones it.\u00a0 Rules are only followed if they are enforced, which is obviously not the case at Yale.<\/p>\n

Like any issue there are a myriad reasons why higher education has become anathema to its mission of openness to ideas.\u00a0 But the chief reason is money.\u00a0 Higher ed is big business.\u00a0 There is too much money in these once august institutions.\u00a0 The money has proved to be a corrupting influence, which is painfully obvious.\u00a0 In 1970<\/a>, the cost of tuition at Yale college was $2,550 (~$18k in today’s dollars).\u00a0 Current tuition is close to $60k.\u00a0 There’s the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon has the story.\u00a0 The details are sad but expected in today’s world of academia.\u00a0 Universities are illiberal institutions that are opposed to their core tenets of intellectual exploration and freedom of ideas.\u00a0 This captures the issue squarely: Ellen Cosgrove, the associate dean of the law school, was present at the panel the entire time. Though the cacophony clearly violated Yale’s free speech policies, she did not confront any of the protesters. Perhaps the law school will decry the mob’s activity; but without consequences any statement is worse than mere words since it tacitly condones it.\u00a0 Rules are only followed if they are enforced, which is obviously not the case at Yale. Like any issue there are a myriad reasons why higher education has become anathema to its mission of openness to ideas.\u00a0 But the chief reason is money.\u00a0 Higher ed is big business.\u00a0 There is too much money in these once august institutions.\u00a0 The money has proved to be a corrupting influence, which is painfully obvious.\u00a0 In 1970, the cost of tuition at Yale college was $2,550 (~$18k in today’s dollars).\u00a0 Current tuition is close to $60k.\u00a0 There’s the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Grim Reality of Yale Law School - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Grim Reality of Yale Law School - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Washington Free Beacon has the story.\u00a0 The details are sad but expected in today’s world of academia.\u00a0 Universities are illiberal institutions that are opposed to their core tenets of intellectual exploration and freedom of ideas.\u00a0 This captures the issue squarely: Ellen Cosgrove, the associate dean of the law school, was present at the panel the entire time. 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