Leaves are falling and campus speakers are speaking. What else is going on out there? Here’s our ILYBYGTH collection of stories of interest:

Almost two-thirds of colleges/universities missed their enrollment targets this year.

• The ILYBYGTH take: What does this have to do with Trumpism?
  • And have college admissions officials been reading ILYBYGTH?

The Wall Street Journal agrees with Ed Stetzer. There is no call for anxiety about religious judges or other officials, they note.

• Here’s what ILYBYGTH had to say about this “Kingdom of God” controversy.

Ben bucks Berkeley boos: What happened when Ben Shapiro brought his in-your-face conservatism to California?

• Shapiro inspired Wisconsin’s campus “free-speech” bill. Here’s the ILYBYGTH argument against it, at History News Network.
• Shapiro’s not the only one heading to Berkeley. Steve Bannon and Ann Coulter will put in appearances.

What does it mean for a public school to be “public?” Sarah M. Stitzlein of the University of Cincinnati wonders in the pages of EdWeek.

“Is this heaven?” Some Iowa schools lock bad kids away in “little dungeons,” from The Progressive.

Should we defend Professor Wax’s right to be wrong? That’s Jonathan Zimmerman’s argument at IHE.

• What’s the ILYBYGTH take? We should encourage Waxism, but for a very different reason.

Across the (other) pond: South Korean ministry nominee and professor of engineering testifies about his belief in a young earth.

• SAGLRROILYBYGTH won’t be surprised by that, but some people will—even if they should know better. The ILYBYGTH portrait of the “real face of radical creationism.”

Free-Marketeer Arthur Brooks in the NYT: Universities need to “form communities that do not just tolerate conservatives but actively embrace ideological diversity.”

Is fundamentalism roaring back? John Fea looks askance at recent developments at Southern Baptist Seminary.

Who blocks campus speakers? A reminder from IHE that progressive speakers are being shouted down, too.