University of Austin Driven By the Great Books, Merit, and Free Inquiry

Today, I’m writing about a miracle. That’s the University of Austin, the new, high-energy, high-quality college in Austin. I spent the day there two weeks ago, meeting students, attending classes, and going to the symphony with the entire student body.

Off and on, I write about the sad state of America’s colleges and universities, once among our crown jewels but now, overall, husks animated by greed, hubris, and fake religions like race-explains-everything, “the Earth is on fire,” and brutal, blunt antisemitism. Laziness, too, since at Harvard nearly everyone gets an A.

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Brian T. Allen

Brian T. Allen is National Review’s art critic.

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Today, I’m writing about a miracle. That’s the University of Austin, the new, high-energy, high-quality college in Austin. I spent the day there two weeks ago, meeting students, attending classes, and going to the symphony with the entire student body.

Off and on, I write about the sad state of America’s colleges and universities, once among our crown jewels but now, overall, husks animated by greed, hubris, and fake religions like race-explains-everything, “the Earth is on fire,” and brutal, blunt antisemitism. Laziness, too, since at Harvard nearly everyone gets an A.