apparently there is a war on Acedemia...

[SobaViolence]

c'mon america... (http://guerrillanews.com/headlines/6910/The_War_on_Academia)

The politics of fear-mongering have been given yet another target: education. Conservative activists who have long bemoaned the changing face of the university in U.S. society have mounted a campaign for education “reform” in college classrooms. Unfortunately for college students, this campaign is not driven by a concern over the quality of education in this country, but rather by nostalgia for a bygone era when the university was the exclusive domain of wealthy white men. As the demographic makeup of the student population has steadily become more diverse over the past several decades, so too has the content of college curricula. This move away from the canon of dead white men has prompted many conservatives to charge that institutions of higher learning are afflicted with a “liberal” bias so deep-seated as to undermine academic freedom and alienate conservative-minded students.

[D_Raay]

This move away from the canon of dead white men has prompted many conservatives to charge that institutions of higher learning are afflicted with a “liberal” bias so deep-seated as to undermine academic freedom and alienate conservative-minded students.

It's becoming quite atypical of conservatives to tow the party line. Even to the point of incoherence.

[EN[i]GMA]

I would think that the most conservative opinion (Though not necessarily my own) would be to abolish all forms of public education.

Hypocritical bastards.

[sam i am]

It's becoming quite atypical of conservatives to tow the party line. Even to the point of incoherence.

It's kinda scary in universities and colleges around the country.

Even I, a proclaimed conservative, was influenced into some liberal doctrinaire thinking whilst enrolled during the late 80's/early 90's.

You should have heard the professors bashing Bush Sr. and talking about the demise of the Iron Curtain like it was the loss of their best friend.

There is certainly a bias in academia, but it also goes the other way : http://www.yaf.org/2005-2006_top10.asp.

I guess it just amounts to what you want out of college : either a broadening or restricting of your perspective. There certainly exist choices up front to know what you are getting in to.

[EN[i]GMA]

I would like to post this: http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2004/09/09/brainwashing-101

Sort of a conservative Mike Moore.

Take it for what you will.

[sam i am]

GMA']I would like to post this: http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2004/09/09/brainwashing-101

Sort of a conservative Mike Moore.

Take it for what you will.


Well....at least it's a DIFFERENT perspective.

I don't know if he's a "conservative Michael Moore" if he sought an endorsement from that dude, but he's doing what he belives in....even if it may be a bit misguided......kinda the same way I think about Moore (who, BTW, made an EXCELLENT documentary entitled "Roger & Me," which should be required viewing, IMO).