The real 'Animal House'?

When assessing the state of higher education in the United States, such problems as the Harvard faculty's ouster of its president or the unhinged radicalism of Columbia's Middle East studies get the most attention. Lesser institutions tend to get ignored, leaving the possible impression that they do not suffer so much from domination by the far Left.

Such an impression would be wrong indeed. For a report from the trenches, I suggest the calm, factual testimony of Alan H. Levy, author of eight well received books on American cultural and social issues, who has for 21 years taught history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, a state-funded institution located north of Pittsburgh. Founded in 1889 with over 7,500 students, it accepts four-fifths of applicants and represents the middle to lower ranks of American higher education.

Levy, who enjoys tenure, informed the Select Committee on Academic Freedom of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives about the muck of political correctness, group-think, and dishonesty at Slippery Rock.