As clueless undergraduates scar their campuses with shantytowns, set up “people’s universities,” and ruin their schoolmates’ graduations, Americans could be forgiven for forgetting that our universities remain the envy of the world. While some Americans are starting to question the value of a college degree, “learning to code” isn’t quite the social escalator without an accompanying Stanford computer-science degree. The enduring benefit of an American college education explains why more than 1 million foreign students study in the United States, and why many more seek to do so. But we should be more selective in whom we admit—and whom we kick out.
The chance to study in America is a rare and coveted opportunity. It represents a national trust, since virtually all American higher-education institutions get federal funding for research and financial aid. Universities must therefore consider the national interest when deciding to whom to offer places. They should admit students who embrace, rather than attack, America, its values, and its allies.
The pro-terrorist protests that have roiled American campuses, however, show that universities have abdicated this responsibility. International students have taken a central role in these protests and in fomenting anti-Semitism. Given how many foreigners want to study in the U.S. and how few are able to do so, one wonders why universities award these coveted spots to anti-Americans and anti-Semites.
Fortunately, the relevant authorities already have the tools to ensure that only deserving foreign students enjoy the benefits of America’s great universities. That the federal government has yet to take these obvious steps is proof of the Biden administration’s lack of concern about illiberal campus culture.
Universities enjoy tremendous taxpayer resources. Those that neglect their responsibilities to filter out anti-American, anti-Semitic, and anti-Western applicants should not continue reaping those benefits. The National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and other government organs that fund research should condition grants on recipients’ exercising due diligence when admitting foreign students. Simultaneously, the Secretary Of Education should issue guidance that schools with poor track records of filtering out students hostile to the United States—and thus harming educational opportunities for Americans, as various Title VI lawsuits now claim with regard to officials’ failure to stop the harassment and intimidation of Jewish students—may jeopardize their eligibility for federal student-aid programs.
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Author: Ruth King
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