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People listen to a speaker at a pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, inside the campus of Columbia University, Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

What the Ivy Leagues aren’t teaching their students: Basic decency

By Bradley J. Lingo – Special to Higher Ground

A passer-by walks through a gate to the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University, struggling to manage the campus response to the Israel-Hamas war, announced plans Friday, Jan. 19, to create task forces to combat antisemitism and anti-Arab bias. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression rebukes Harvard with ‘lifetime censorship award’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

"Fox & Friends" host Pete Hegseth hosts "Poison Ivy," a Fox Nation streaming service documentary that examines the decline of the Ivy League. (Photo courtesy Fox Nation.)

Fox Nation’s Hegseth explores Ivy League’s ‘ideological depravity’ after returning Harvard degree

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 18, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

Larry Hogan pulls out of Harvard fellowships amid backlash over university response to Israel attack

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., May 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Conservatives excluded from 2023 commencement invites

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Princeton guard Ryan Langborg (3) and forward Caden Pierce (12) celebrate the team's win in a second-round college basketball game against Missouri in the men's NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, March 18, 2023. Princeton won 78-63. (AP Photo/Randall Benton) **FILE**

Princeton proves chemistry plus defense equals court success

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Illustration on admissions laxity at the nation's colleges and universities by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Colleges find workarounds to continue de facto affirmative action

By Shane Hachey

Yale head coach James Jones celebrates after cutting down the net after defeating Princeton in the NCAA Ivy League men's college basketball championship game, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass.A federal lawsuit filed by a pair of basketball players from Brown University alleges the Ivy League’s policy of not offering athletic scholarships amounts to a price-fixing agreement that denies athletes proper financial aid and payment for their services. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

Athletes sue Ivy League over its no-scholarship policy

By Pat Eaton-Robb - Associated Press

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks to her coach after winning the 500-meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) **FILE**

Lia Thomas knocked out of the running for 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Washington Football Team quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) throws the ball during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Former Washington quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick retires after 17 NFL seasons

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

In this May 29, 2020, file photo, then-Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine meets with the media at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa. Now serving as the assistant secretary for health for the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Levine is scheduled to be Yale’s commencement speaker on May 23, 2022. (Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News via AP, File) **FILE**

Elite colleges shun conservative speakers; Biden officials, liberals take center stage at graduation

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Ruination of Womens Sports Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Lia Thomas and the destruction of women’s sports

By Rep. Ken Buck

Members of Pennsylvania's 400 yard freestyle relay team from left Margot Kaczorowski, Hannah Kannan and Lia Thomas, right, celebrate after winning the race at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Lia Thomas crowned high-point swimmer of Ivy League women’s championships

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Penn's Lia Thomas celebrates with the first place medal and sign after winning the 200-yard freestyle final at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas, who is transitioning to female, is swimming for the University of Pennsylvania's women's team. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas breaks more records with second win at Ivy League championship

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas looks up to the board after winning the 500-yard freestyle final at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships at Harvard University, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas, who is transitioning to female, is swimming for the Penn women's team. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Lia Thomas cruises to first win at Ivy League championships, breaks female pool record

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas gets ready for her event during the Dartmouth Yale Penn meet, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Lia Thomas enters Ivy League women’s swimming championships as No. 1 seed in 3 events

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speeks to her coach after winning the 500 meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas won the two individual events in which she competed. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

16 Penn teammates back policy likely to exclude Lia Thomas from swimming championships

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer holds up a copy of the United States Constitution as he announces his retirement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it would be good if the person named to replace retiring Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Supreme Court shouldn’t be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, center with teammates during Warm up laps before a meet with Harvard on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas maintains dominance with two wins against Harvard

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this July 9, 2021 file photo reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican candidate for California governor, speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Caitlyn Jenner called out the NCAA ahead of a review of its policy on transgender athletes, saying Wednesday that the collegiate sports authority needs to "stop this right now" as Ivy League swimmer Lia Thomas smashes women's records. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) **FILE**

Caitlyn Jenner urges NCAA to ‘protect women’s sports’ as Lia Thomas dominates

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times