The academic Left thinks big when it comes to #TheResistance…. Grandiosity is never too grand. But when it comes to the substance of teaching and learning, the academic left prefers to think small.

Universities and health care, “eds and meds”, have been in a huge growth cycle over the last few decades. Many communities have been pinning their hopes on anchor institutions like a university or research hospital to retool their economies for the 21st century. Yet the higher education industry is facing a convergence of several trends and forces that are threaten their future. At a minimum, schools need to be figuring out how to navigate these choppy waters ahead.

The stereotype of the Southerner — the rube, the redneck, the bigot — pervades elite colleges and hinders the important work of bridging a growing cultural divide.

In 1951, a young Yale graduate, William F. Buckley, Jr., shook the academic world with the publication of “God and Man at Yale.” In addition to launching the author’s national career and the 20th-century conservative movement, this bestselling little book forecast with remarkable accuracy the future of American higher education.

Stanford University historian told conservative student leaders to conduct “opposition research” against a liberal student leader, according to emails from February obtained by The Stanford Daily, the campus newspaper.

Universities and other institutions are watering down requirements in order to attract more women and minorities.

This is not a job for law enforcement.