The Unbearable Hypocrisy of Ben Sasse
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Ben Sasse, president of the University of Florida, wants everyone to know that he’s a grown-up.
In an op-ed entitled “The Adults Are Still in Charge at the University of Florida,” published this month in The Wall Street Journal, Sasse directs his disdain at both the student protesters currently roiling higher education and the “embarrassing timidity of many college administrators.” Though the photo accompanying the op-ed shows a scattered group of students holding signs while surrounded by empty pizza boxes, Sasse insists that he will stand firm against “throwing fists, storming buildings, vandalizing property, spitting on cops and hijacking a university.”
Originally published: May 15, 2024
Author: Brian Rosenberg
Position: President Emeritus
Institution: Macalester College
Published by: Inside Higher Ed