Rich Vedder has an essay on Minding the Campus in which he wonders why there is so much lying on college campuses. The main answer, I think, is that college officials know they can usually get away with it.

To his list, I would add the lying about educational content, especially “critical thinking.” Rarely are college students required to learn anything of the sort. Those who use critical thinking to resist leftist platitudes and manias, however, can get in trouble.