NAS Endorses the Rebellion of Alumni against Their Woke Alma Maters

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) enthusiastically endorses the growing alumni rebellion against Woke tyranny in undergraduate education. No one should subsidize the turn of liberal arts and pre-professional education against free inquiry, the pursuit of truth, and the fostering of virtuous citizenship. Wokeness is a profoundly anti-intellectual force whose proponents parade it as a set of insights into how the world really works. But the insights are spurious and the movement comes down to another version of “might makes right.” 

Taxpayers and parents should not underwrite this anti-education, nor should alumni. The dawning realization among many alumni of once outstanding colleges that their alma maters have turned into mere sepulchers of higher learning is long overdue.  The sooner the Woke education establishment loses this financial lifeline, the better.

Alumni, of course, tend to look on their alma maters through the lens of their own undergraduate experience, and college…