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Campus graduation chaos shows higher education needs a serious moral reset

If America is to step fully into its Golden Age, we cannot continue graduating generations of students who have been taught to fear truth

By Christopher F. Rufo , Kevin D. Roberts Fox News

Published June 11, 2026 9:00am EDT

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College graduation speeches say a lot about the state of higher education — sometimes without intending to. For every country singer who can "wow" the audience with a message rooted in gratitude, family, and purpose, there are two, perhaps three, speakers who are disinvited for speaking their minds or forced to endure student walkouts.  

Such is life on campus today: A few schools overperform and offer students a meaningful experience but far too many award young Americans with little more than expensive disappointment.  

Singer-songwriter Eric Church earned rave reviews this year for his speech at the University of North Carolina with his focus on family and the importance of deep relationships. His message was refreshing. Conservatives have spent decades warning that America’s universities were abandoning their responsibility to guide students toward maturity, virtue, meaning, and........

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