Getting Schooled, by David Warren

One of the most encouraging aspects of contemporary life is the sudden drop in university enrolments. This is unambiguously an improvement in human affairs, at least in the United States.

The steep decline – “very large and very discouraging,” according to Mr. Bill DeBaun, senior director of the National College Attainment Network – reverses all signs of recovery from the Batflu (“COVID”) infestation, in which students were actually shut out of residences, and deprived of “services” for which they had paid.

Speaking on behalf of the higher education bureaucracy, Mr. DeBaun cited various other bureaucratic setbacks, such as the progressive withdrawal of various racial diversity schemes; and it is true that “minorities” are, proportionately, among those most absenting themselves.

But the “trend” is apparent among all classes of freshmen registering, and I can hope it will also be found among more senior students. …

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