Seth Grossman, Stockton University’s Decline and Hypocrisy 5.16. 26
Seth Grossman on Stockton University Decline and Hypocrisy.
The provided audio recording features guest host Seth Grossman on WPG Talk Radio 95.5 discussing the history and decline of Stockton University.
Grossman explains that the university was founded with the mission of providing an affordable, high-quality college education for ordinary middle-class families, a goal it successfully achieved during its first 30 years of operation.
However, Grossman argues that the institution took a negative turn starting in 2005 under the leadership of Dr. Herman Saatkamp and later Harvey Kesselman. He accuses these administrations of reshaping the university into a politically biased, "woke" environment that actively censored opposing viewpoints, such as those from Grossman's own organization, Liberty and Prosperity.
Furthermore, Grossman criticizes the university’s massive financial mismanagement, claiming it acted as a "cash cow" to buy up failing local real estate assets. The segment concludes with Grossman addressing a recent public letter from former president Harvey Kesselman, pointing out the hypocrisy of Kesselman complaining about the exact political and financial issues he helped create.
Timeline of Events
1969: The initial idea to establish Stockton College is conceived.
1971: Stockton College admits its first class of students, operating out of the old Mayflower Hotel on the Atlantic City boardwalk before moving to its main campus in Galloway Township.
1971–2001: For its first three decades, the college is highly successful, offering low tuition ($700–$800 a year for room, board, and tuition) that students can completely cover using their summer job earnings.
2003: Seth Grossman forms the political and educational organization Liberty and Prosperity.
2004–2005: The university introduces the Political Engagement Project (PEP). Grossman attends the early community meetings but finds that the administration refuses to allow any traditional or conservative viewpoints to be included.
2005: Dr. Herman Saatkamp becomes the president of Stockton University, initiating a decade-long shift toward radical curriculum changes and aggressive debt-fueled real estate spending.
2012: Grossman is invited by the student Democratic Party Club to participate in an election panel, but the university administration explicitly blocks him from campus, deploying security to shut down the event rather than allowing him to speak.
2015: President Saatkamp leaves the university and is replaced by Harvey Kesselman, who continues his predecessor's ideological policies and eventually orders the removal of Richard Stockton's statue from the campus library.
2019: Student enrollment at Stockton University begins a steady, year-over-year decline, leaving the school facing a $20 million annual deficit.
May 2026 ("Last Monday"): Former president Harvey Kesselman publishes a letter in The Press of Atlantic City urging the school to remove politics from the classroom and fix its massive debt. Grossman reviews the letter on the air, calling Kesselman out for extreme hypocrisy.
