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Oxford University shows America how to fix academia

By John Roberts

Published November 20, 2024 6:00am ET

Oxford University shows America how to fix academia — FILE - With the Founders Library in the background, a young man reads on Howard University's campus, July 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. For millions of people in the United States, President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation offers a life-changing chance to escape the burden of debt. However, for future generations of students, it doesn't fix the underlying reason for the crisis: the rising cost of college. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Last year’s congressional spectacle featuring the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT flummoxed by Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) simple question about whether or not calls for genocide of Jews were tolerated on their campuses showed why America needs to reform academia.

An example from overseas may show us how to do it.