To my knowledge, Hillsdale College is the only college in the United States that refuses Federal Funds. Their belief is that to accept Federal money would give the government influence over the educational process.
The college sends out a newsletter for free called Imprimus which I highly recommend.
The latest edition of Imprimus included an interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas regarding his new book "My Grandfather's Son."
Here is an excerpt:
The college sends out a newsletter for free called Imprimus which I highly recommend.
The latest edition of Imprimus included an interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas regarding his new book "My Grandfather's Son."
Here is an excerpt:
Q: A lot of people tend to define you by your race and you don’t seem to. Why do you think that is?
CT: We’ve become very comfortable with making judgments about people based on immutable characteristics. And look what we’ve degenerated to—look what happened to the Duke lacrosse team, where because there are rich white boys and a poor black girl, so many people assumed an automatic narrative. What happens to the truth, then? How is that different from the stereotypes of the days of Jim Crow? I often say, “I don’t hire women law clerks.” People are shocked. But I don’t hire women law clerks—I hire the best law clerks. And it turns out that 30 percent of them happen to be women. If a woman graduates from law school and I say I’m going to hire her because I need a woman, that seems to me dehumanizing, and the job would be tainted. That’s my attitude.
