nov 25 2024 A new college in Texas called the University of Austin (UATX) was the focus of a 60 Minutes special on CBS Sunday, highlighting the school’s decision to ditch modern leftist ideology found on most campuses and instead commit to old-school academics.
The university is replacing DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), with MEI (merit, excellence, and intelligence) in a U-turn from the current trajectory of American higher education.
The startup university launched classes for the first time this fall, hosting the 92-student inaugural class free of charge.
60 Minutes sat down with five students enrolled at UATX to learn more about their “pursuit of truth,” the university’s focal point.
Regarding the diversity of ideology found on campus, student Jacob Hornstein said, “I’ve met people of every political persuasion here from, like, far-left Democrats who are for Bernie Sanders or to the left of that even, to people who would make Donald Trump look like a liberal.”
Constantin Whitmire, another student attending UATX, described witnessing the self-segregation found at many other colleges, explaining he visited a college in the northeast where the student guide said, “We have different dorms for different student groups.”
