I sat down with political scientist Kevin Wallsten to discuss his project building a new college ranking system from scratch. The standard metrics of acceptance rate, endowment size, and name recognition fail to address rising concerns about ideological bias and campus culture. With activism replacing the pursuit of truth throughout higher education, here’s what parents should know before sending their kids off to college. We get into:

• Why University of Florida ranks #1 and Harvard lands at #37

• What the 68 variables in this new ranking system actually measure

• Why US News & World Report rankings almost never change, even as elite campuses melt down

• How faculty became activists, and why even tenured professors self-censor

• What DEI bureaucracies did to schools like the University of Michigan

• The three competing purposes of the university: personal development, job training, and politics

• Why universities are alienating the students they need most