How to restore intellectual diversity on college campuses

[BidenPresident]

Conservative voters are not going to consent forever to sending tax dollars to support institutions at odds with their values. They are losing confidence in higher education’s benefits for the country. And, in the past few years, Republican states have increasingly been legislating against left-wing indoctrination in colleges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/27/nurturing-conservative-ideas-on-campus/

Academic freedom means insisting right wing ideologues get jobs at universities?! No.

 

[Cypress]

With very few exceptions, I could never tell what the politics were of my professors

 

[BidenPresident]

The author:
Ramesh Ponnuru, a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, is the editor of National Review and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

The author works in the right wing ideology business. Look at the people insisting universities are liberally biased.

 

[Lionfish]

Conservative voters are not going to consent forever to sending tax dollars to support institutions at odds with their values. They are losing confidence in higher education’s benefits for the country. And, in the past few years, Republican states have increasingly been legislating against left-wing indoctrination in colleges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/27/nurturing-conservative-ideas-on-campus/

Academic freedom means insisting right wing ideologues get jobs at universities?! No.

This is easy. Give grades based on color, eliminate the grading system. and hope brandonpresident will insist that he be serviced by that "enlightened" group of doctors and flown by pilots that cannot pass a basic math class.

 

[archives]

With very few exceptions, I could never tell what the politics were of my professors

Depended upon the course, but then again, I went to a Jesuit University, so it was pretty obvious

 

[archives]

This is easy. Give grades based on color, eliminate the grading system. and hope brandonpresident will insist that he be serviced by that "enlightened" group of doctors and flown by pilots that cannot pass a basic math class.

Yeah, that happen a lot, in Al Kapp cartoons

 

[Lionfish]

Yeah, that happen a lot, in Al Kapp cartoons

Poor anchovies, that also happens a lot in our public schools.

 

[archives]

Poor anchovies, that also happens a lot in our public schools.

Really? You mean all those State schools run by the State are graduating dimwits? Does DeSantis and Abbott know this?

 

[BidenPresident]

Most colleges students are majoring in science and business. About 11% of college students are in the liberal arts/humanities division.

So, those professors are 'corrupting' 11% of all colleges students. How is this a crisis?!

Some stats: https://educationdata.org/number-of-college-graduates

 

[Cypress]

Depended upon the course, but then again, I went to a Jesuit University, so it was pretty obvious

Only a small minority of undergraduates are majoring in political science, history, sociology.

And in my experience, there is no political discussions in calculus, physics, engineering, art history, music, theater, chemistry, accounting, oceanography, statistics, geography, et al

 

[Lionfish]

Really? You mean all those State schools run by the State are graduating dimwits? Does DeSantis and Abbott know this?

Poor anchovies, do some research on students' ability to read, write, and balance a checkbook. Get back to us all.

 

[Flash]

Really? You mean all those State schools run by the State are graduating dimwits? Does DeSantis and Abbott know this?

They know it and are both trying to eliminate the DEI offices and personnel saying it violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

 

[Flash]

Only a small minority of undergraduates are majoring in political science, history, sociology.

And in my experience, there is no political discussions in calculus, physics, engineering, art history, music, theater, chemistry, accounting, oceanography, statistics, geography, et al

At Marymount University (VA): The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities. The majors have relatively few students enrolled, the university said.

Usually a state will consider eliminating a degree if it has less than x number of graduates over 3 years. That provides an incentive for members of that department to give easy grades to keep their program and jobs.

Look up "grade inflation" to see how grades (but not performance) have risen. If a university tightens its standards then the graduates from competing schools get in graduate school, medica, and law school over those with tougher grades.

 

[BidenPresident]

At Marymount University (VA): The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities. The majors have relatively few students enrolled, the university said

Drastic move. Looks like the university is struggling to survive.

 

[moon]

Make education free. Attract the freest minds.

 

[leaningright]

With very few exceptions, I could never tell what the politics were of my professors

I could…especially the female ones.

 

[Cypress]

I could…especially the female ones.

Did they actually discuss politics on class time?

Or did you just assume they were liberal because of their gender, age, dress, and friends?

 

[Cypress]

At Marymount University (VA): The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities. The majors have relatively few students enrolled, the university said.

Usually a state will consider eliminating a degree if it has less than x number of graduates over 3 years. That provides an incentive for members of that department to give easy grades to keep their program and jobs.

Look up "grade inflation" to see how grades (but not performance) have risen. If a university tightens its standards then the graduates from competing schools get in graduate school, medica, and law school over those with tougher grades.

Hard to imagine a legitimate college without a mathmatics department.

 

[Flash]

Hard to imagine a legitimate college without a mathmatics department.

They might still have a department but no major.

A lot of colleges have dropped math requirements for some students or created simple math classes that were keeping students from graduating.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Most colleges students are majoring in science and business. About 11% of college students are in the liberal arts/humanities division.

So, those professors are 'corrupting' 11% of all colleges students. How is this a crisis?!

Some stats: https://educationdata.org/number-of-college-graduates

I know you're a fucking liar by nature, but your own cite says;

"730,394 or 18.3% of college graduates earn degrees in STEM fields."

That's a LONG way from 89%, scumbag.