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To: freespirited

This person is illustrative of a large and intractable problem in colleges and universities across the country, that positions in much of the humanities, such as English departments, have become little more than cover jobs for political demagogues.

These political activists get to use the resources of tax and tuition dollars to fund their salaries and, since they claim that what are really political activities are encompassed by the scope of their academic areas, to fund much of their political activities as well.

The root of the problem is insufficient accountability; these people have burrowed into a self-perpetuating institution that is too far removed from those paying their expenses -- the taxpayers and parents who, if they had a more direct say in the matter, would by and large NOT willingly pay the way for these left-wing radicals to spread their message like a cancer in society.


30 posted on 01/05/2007 8:28:29 AM PST by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn
The English Department at Duke has been the most politically correct English Department in America for at least 20 to 25 years -- ever since the days of hyper-deconstructionist Stanley Fish destroyed the Dept. You would be hard pressed to find an actual legitimate scholar without a far loony left agenda among the whole pack.

This Feminazi is also the Vice Provost. It speaks volumes about Duke that they hired her and gave her additional power. She's a disgrace to academia and to decent people everywhere. She should resign in disgrace or be fired.

468 posted on 01/06/2007 12:22:16 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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