Joanna
Samuel Waite wrote:
>It seems to me the image of a monolithic left-wing
>academia is overstated, and serves a purpose similar
>to that of the "liberal media" myth. John K. Wilson
>in The Myth of Political Correctness does a good job
>of articulating this point. For every sociology
>department there's an economics department, and for
>every Berkeley there's a Brigham Young.
>
>Also, the survey they mention in that article was
>conducted by the American Enterprise Institute and had
>some really stunning (and probably deliberate)
>methodological flaws, such as including a vastly
>disproportionate number of women's studies profs.
>
>--- Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
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>>>[lbo-talk] Communist Party 'hit list' denounced -
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>>INQ7.net
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>>>Kevin Robert Dean Qualiall at Adelphia.Net
>>>Sat Dec 25 20:28:58 PST 2004
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>>>
>><snip>
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>>>And here is our local 'hit list USA'
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Academic%20Freedom
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>>
>>>Saturday, December 25, 2004 · Last updated 9:22
>>>
>>>
>>a.m. PT
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>>>Conservative students target liberal profs
>>>
>>>By JUSTIN POPE
>>>AP EDUCATION WRITER
>>>
>>>
>><snip>
>>
>>
>>>Full
>>>
>>>
>><http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Academic%20Freedom>
>>
>>"Many teachers insist personal politics don't affect
>>teaching. But in
>>a recent survey of students at 50 top schools by the
>>American Council
>>of Trustees and Alumni, a group that has argued
>>there is too little
>>intellectual diversity on campuses, 49 percent
>>reported at least some
>>professors frequently commented on politics in class
>>even if it was
>>outside the subject matter.
>>
>>Thirty-one percent said they felt there were some
>>courses in which
>>they needed to agree with a professor's political or
>>social views to
>>get a good grade."
>>
>>I haven't seen this survey, but it can't be that all
>>the students who
>>feel that "there is too little intellectual
>>diversity on campuses"
>>and "they needed to agree with a professor's
>>political or social
>>views to get a good grade" are conservatives. I'm
>>sure students on
>>the left feel exactly the same way.
>>
>>One way you can solve this problem is to abolish
>>grades for courses
>>in the humanities and social sciences.
>>
>>Conservative students aggrieved with the dearth of
>>professors on the
>>right in the humanities and social sciences ought to
>>demand that
>>professors be paid as well as business executives,
>>corporate lawyers,
>>and investment bankers. Then, men and women on the
>>right would deign
>>to take a second look at academic jobs. :->
>>--
>>Yoshie
>>
>>* Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/>
>>* Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/>
>>* Bring Them Home Now!
>><http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/>
>>* OSU-GESO: <http://www.osu-geso.org/>
>>* Calendars of Events in Columbus:
>><http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>,
>><http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, &
>><http://www.cpanews.org/>
>>* Student International Forum:
>><http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/>
>>* Committee for Justice in Palestine:
>><http://www.osudivest.org/>
>>* Al-Awda-Ohio:
>><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio>
>>* Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/>
>>
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