Minorities at Hillsdale?

Whistle_Pig
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:33:01 +0000

Good perspective.

Unfortunately, especially in higher education, the notion of reverse entitlement and elitism have ruled the roost for some time. With “diverstiy” being THE buzz term of this generation, virtually every campus on the planet finds itself jumping through hoops to attract and keep students of color, regardless of academic profile. It gets many places into all kinds of trouble, but it is what it is. Hillsdale’s great strength is not having to play to these gross inequities but rather adhering to MLK’s dream of equal opportunity and color blindness instead of the bastardized notion of color elitism and preference.

None of that means that worthy students of color are flocking to a place like Hillsdale. It merely means the playing field is level and color-blind. The proverbial “they” complain about the very same thing at virtually every small LAC and a whole bunch of mega publics, too. Check out the challenge at Penn State, Wisconsin, and on and on. But the OJ factor is not much present @ Hillsdale.