As an adult student (read: graduated at 52) of a local prestigious university, I saw the indoctrination first hand. Those poor kids didn't stand a chance. But they would swarm me after classes asking questions when I brought up counterpoints in class. They WANT both sides.
@Timothy- while I, and the professors (except one), were more gracious than that during exchanges....YES!!!!!!!!!!! Also: "Oh, Michael. Senators don't have people killed." "Who's the naive one now, Kay?" (Godfather)
Unfortunately, the Marxist oppressor-oppressed race-based indoctrination permeates the entire K-12 system. The continued education credits for teachers now include Teach Palestine, instead of phonics or math. Universities are only a tip of the iceberg.
Absolutely. Inside those icebergs are colleges/schools of education that are still operating under the poisonous smog of Paolo Friere's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." James Lindsay at New Discourses has that Marxist charlatan pegged. If you can ignore his (I hope) brief descent into petty dust-ups over Left/Right, his critique is well worth reading.
Totally! We should take on both at the same time -- the universities and K-12. These poor kids are getting brainwashed at the same time that they aren't being taught how to read or write or add or subtract.
Which is one of the reasons I support Hillsdale College's Barney Charter Schools being established around the country. They teach classical education to K-12 students. I contribute to them instead of to my woke alma mater.
You are absolutely, precisely correct. The twisting of the tenure rules and hiring practices in universities has allowed all the conservatives to be pushed out and replace with anti-America leftists.
And because teachers are required to have a college degree, the teachers are fully indoctrinated in anti-America leftism and their twisted fantasies. Thus, kindergarten through post graduate schools are taught by fully indoctrinated leftists.
Spitting truth. The universities should look carefully at the slow then accelerating decline of Public Broadcasting, leading to public disgust and defunding.
The same is happening to our previously highly regarded universities, and if they select the path of bias and intellectual repression then they will suffer the same fate.
Let's not kid ourselves: the people on the other side of this intellectual divide are ideologically committed too. They view their losses as tragic. Do you know a leftist who thinks Marx was wrong? That Marxism's failure means it can't work? Of course not. They're convinced that failure means the application was "done wrong" and should be retried.
As usual Chris, your premise is beautifully and logically argued. MIT President Sally Kornbluth is arrogant enough to believe that MIT can have their Federal subsidies and their forced adherence to leftist monoculture. Trump has challenged that shibboleth and forced their hand.
I can't grasp how anyone doesn't understand this basic concept - you accept federal largesse, you abide by federal law. It's really not that complicated; I can't see how this is even a debate.
They see themselves as 'special' and deserving of worship and gifts from the common, working class folk, in this case funnelled though the IRS and other government agencies.
Another home run by CR!Absolutely annihilated MIT’s position, point-by-point. Agree with his suggestions to deal with the refusal to accept the compact. Let’s stop this nonsense going on at “Higher Education” institutions.
One of the worst mistakes in US policy and social thinking since WWII has been the tendency to treeat universities as holy temples. At first it didn't seem very harmful, but universities are of course populated by human beings who are far from perfectly high-minded seekers of truth. They nowadays subvert all the values they're expected to defend.
That veneration is a direct result of the move away from organized religion. Something has to fill the void, but so far every attempt has failed. This is why we're seeing a mild resurgence of Christianity outside the so-called "bible belt."
As an alumni of MIT (both BS and ScD) I can say that the last few MIT administrations have been incredibly disappointing. I have refused to make any alumni donations for many years.
Though to be honest, even back in the 1970's when I was there as an undergrad, I found the campus atmosphere to be tainted toward east and west coast elitist liberal nonsense. In the early 70's, they allowed a draft dodger to live in the Stratton Student Center, as one example.
Yes I was there then and I found the x rated movies in Kresge to be amazingly offensive. Here they were trying to admit more "coeds" and the first thing we get is that. I never would have gone there had I known. This was not disclosed in the admission materials.
I'm surprised that that tradition lived on as long as it did (assuming that it no longer exists). I don't think it was an officially sanctioned event. More of a "don't ask, don't tell" situation with the student-run Lecture Series Committee (LSC). The upperclassmen in my living group took us freshmen there without telling us what was going to be shown. I was pretty surprised.
Remember The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? In one strip, Fat Freddie crashes a college library during a demonstration, demands liberation of the"fuck books" and is sent running by a Godzilla-like lady librarian, "The university will NEVER hold 'fuck books'! Now GET OUT!"
As an adult student (read: graduated at 52) of a local prestigious university, I saw the indoctrination first hand. Those poor kids didn't stand a chance. But they would swarm me after classes asking questions when I brought up counterpoints in class. They WANT both sides.
Your comment brings to mind this scene from Back to School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSLscJ2cY04
@Timothy- while I, and the professors (except one), were more gracious than that during exchanges....YES!!!!!!!!!!! Also: "Oh, Michael. Senators don't have people killed." "Who's the naive one now, Kay?" (Godfather)
Unfortunately, the Marxist oppressor-oppressed race-based indoctrination permeates the entire K-12 system. The continued education credits for teachers now include Teach Palestine, instead of phonics or math. Universities are only a tip of the iceberg.
Absolutely. Inside those icebergs are colleges/schools of education that are still operating under the poisonous smog of Paolo Friere's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." James Lindsay at New Discourses has that Marxist charlatan pegged. If you can ignore his (I hope) brief descent into petty dust-ups over Left/Right, his critique is well worth reading.
Totally! We should take on both at the same time -- the universities and K-12. These poor kids are getting brainwashed at the same time that they aren't being taught how to read or write or add or subtract.
Which is one of the reasons I support Hillsdale College's Barney Charter Schools being established around the country. They teach classical education to K-12 students. I contribute to them instead of to my woke alma mater.
Ooh! Good one!
Sounds good. Are these online for homeschoolers?
Look at Chesterton Academy too.
You are absolutely, precisely correct. The twisting of the tenure rules and hiring practices in universities has allowed all the conservatives to be pushed out and replace with anti-America leftists.
And because teachers are required to have a college degree, the teachers are fully indoctrinated in anti-America leftism and their twisted fantasies. Thus, kindergarten through post graduate schools are taught by fully indoctrinated leftists.
Nauseating.
Spitting truth. The universities should look carefully at the slow then accelerating decline of Public Broadcasting, leading to public disgust and defunding.
The same is happening to our previously highly regarded universities, and if they select the path of bias and intellectual repression then they will suffer the same fate.
Let's not kid ourselves: the people on the other side of this intellectual divide are ideologically committed too. They view their losses as tragic. Do you know a leftist who thinks Marx was wrong? That Marxism's failure means it can't work? Of course not. They're convinced that failure means the application was "done wrong" and should be retried.
Agree, it's strange that many usually smart folk are deluded enough not to see issues with belief systems dependent upon the labor of others.
I believe that both Capitalism and Christianity co-exist so well because both contain a core of individual responsibility.
Christianity tempers Capitalism with kindness, consideration for one's fellow man, and delivers a moral code that is absent raw capitalistic behavior.
Hadn't thought of that. Makes sense.
As usual Chris, your premise is beautifully and logically argued. MIT President Sally Kornbluth is arrogant enough to believe that MIT can have their Federal subsidies and their forced adherence to leftist monoculture. Trump has challenged that shibboleth and forced their hand.
Absolutely agree with your positions on this ideological imbalance that exists on college campuses! Thank you!
I can't grasp how anyone doesn't understand this basic concept - you accept federal largesse, you abide by federal law. It's really not that complicated; I can't see how this is even a debate.
They see themselves as 'special' and deserving of worship and gifts from the common, working class folk, in this case funnelled though the IRS and other government agencies.
Yes. And it’s the “complex fictions” they have no trouble adhering to.
Another home run by CR!Absolutely annihilated MIT’s position, point-by-point. Agree with his suggestions to deal with the refusal to accept the compact. Let’s stop this nonsense going on at “Higher Education” institutions.
My Alma Maters ask for money constantly, yet continue this DEI BS. No. Just No.
They get "no" from me, too, and I tell them why. I believe letting them know is essential.
One of the worst mistakes in US policy and social thinking since WWII has been the tendency to treeat universities as holy temples. At first it didn't seem very harmful, but universities are of course populated by human beings who are far from perfectly high-minded seekers of truth. They nowadays subvert all the values they're expected to defend.
That veneration is a direct result of the move away from organized religion. Something has to fill the void, but so far every attempt has failed. This is why we're seeing a mild resurgence of Christianity outside the so-called "bible belt."
AMEN … Christopher RUFO !! Well reasoned and stated !
Right on target, as usual Chris. Thank you for exposing these institutions. All federal subsidies should stop immediately.
Right. It's long past time to jettison the erroneous assumption that universities are entitled to any federal taxpayers' largess.
As an alumni of MIT (both BS and ScD) I can say that the last few MIT administrations have been incredibly disappointing. I have refused to make any alumni donations for many years.
Though to be honest, even back in the 1970's when I was there as an undergrad, I found the campus atmosphere to be tainted toward east and west coast elitist liberal nonsense. In the early 70's, they allowed a draft dodger to live in the Stratton Student Center, as one example.
The anti-war "revolutionaries" that infested colleges in the late '60s/early '70s began the ideological capture of higher ed.
I used to think MIT and Cal Tech were immune to such nonsense, but I was wrong.
I attended Cornell from 1976 - 1980 and saw the same. Definitely the Zeitgeist was Leftist, although not nearly as doctrinaire or enforced as today.
Yes I was there then and I found the x rated movies in Kresge to be amazingly offensive. Here they were trying to admit more "coeds" and the first thing we get is that. I never would have gone there had I known. This was not disclosed in the admission materials.
I'm surprised that that tradition lived on as long as it did (assuming that it no longer exists). I don't think it was an officially sanctioned event. More of a "don't ask, don't tell" situation with the student-run Lecture Series Committee (LSC). The upperclassmen in my living group took us freshmen there without telling us what was going to be shown. I was pretty surprised.
Remember The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? In one strip, Fat Freddie crashes a college library during a demonstration, demands liberation of the"fuck books" and is sent running by a Godzilla-like lady librarian, "The university will NEVER hold 'fuck books'! Now GET OUT!"
I can imagine!
Defund, dismantle, and re-invent higher education--Now.
Anything less will not yield real results.
Let's start with abolishing tenure--the tightest academic sphincter of them all.
Will that matter if the Qataris are endowing the chairs?
Extraordinarily well-said!
Agreed, absolutely. Ivy League arrogants have no right to define “a free marketplace of ideas” to suit their own ideology.
Government has no legitimate role in education.
Period.
Full Stop.
End of Story.