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June’s news highlights ranged from admission issues to air quality to Russia and President Putin.

In a Washington Post essay titled “We have a civics education crisis — and deep divisions on how to solve it,” President David Wippman and Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler discussed Americans’ lack of knowledge of civics and U.S. history. They reviewed three centuries’ worth of disagreements and variations in how these subjects have been presented beginning with the birth of the nation up to the present.

May’s news highlights ranged from Russian President Putin’s future to the College’s Commencement. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content. Please contact Vige Barrie if you cannot open a link or do not have a subscription.

David Wippman will step down in June 2024 after eight years

“My liberal arts experience changed everything in my life,” President David Wippman said in an interview for a recent podcast titled “What’s Your Why? – Advice from Higher Ed Leadership.” The series by the same title seeks to reveal the motivating forces behind the work of “a group of bold and visionary higher ed leaders.”

In an essay titled “The myth of ‘woke’ indoctrination of students” appearing in The Hill, President David Wippman began by pointing out that, “For the first time in decades, education policy has become a major issue in a Republican presidential campaign.” With co-author Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler, he observed “Republicans have launched a scorched earth war against ‘woke education.’”

“Too many Americans know little history and less civics, but efforts to correct those deficits have collapsed because of partisan differences over what should be taught and why,” President David Wippman and Cornell Professor of American Studies Glenn Altschuler stated in the opening of their recent op-ed titled “Getting to ‘Yes’ on civics education.”

In a Washington Post op-ed titled “Florida is trying to roll back a century of gains for academic freedom,” President David Wippman and co-author Cornell Professor of American Studies Glenn Altschuler began by outlining the wave of “educational gag orders” banning the teaching of “divisive concepts” enacted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other political leaders.

 “U.S. government officials have long recognized that what Americans don’t know about foreign languages, cultures, and histories, has — and will — hurt us,” began President David Wippman and his co-author Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler in a Jan. 29 op-ed in The Hill. The essay chronicles legislation in the 20th and 21st centuries focused on Americans’ increased knowledge of other countries and their languages.

In an essay titled “Is College Too Hard?” appearing in Inside Higher Ed, President David Wippman began by reviewing student stress versus workload.