[Sparta]

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[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM - EDUCATION

[Nonstatist]

Instead of freeing the campuses from dirty politics, it makes dirty politics the name of the game from the moment a potential faculty member sets foot on a campus.

Thats what it is right now. TAX MONEY subsidizes Academia, yet they pursue radical politics not representative of the public at large. A conservative proffessor appointment can be vetoed by a single Marxist Proffessor. The only way to make the faculty responsive is to squeeze their funding. Does the author have another plan, or should we just wring our hands forever?

[chesley]

I seem to remeber that article. It sounded like satire to me. but maybe I'm thinking of a different one

[optimistically_conservative]

I'm surprised you didn't call this what it is: Affirmative Action for conservative academics in the name of diversity.

It shares all the same inherent fallacies, myths and therefore implementation difficulties (see the movie Soul Man).

[GulliverSwift]

Good article. But Horowitz doesn't have much of a mind so it's no wonder he came up with such a tynrannical idea.

My solutions:

I don't have the time for it but I wish someone would start an organization that informs alumni just exactly what their donations are going to support. I'd love such an organization to help me keep an eye on things.

Also, another often-overlooked aspect of state governments is their power to appoint regents to the state's public schools. These regents oversee who gets hired and set the general policy outlines for hundreds of thousands of young people. Don't want the university hiring freaks and indoctrinating students? Make sure it's next president isn't a leftist.

[Tribune7]

To quote Horowitz’s article again: “By adding the categories of political and religious affiliation to Title IX and other existing legislation, the means are readily available…to redress an intolerable situation involving illegal and unconstitutional hiring methods along with teaching practices that are an abuse of academic freedom.”

I'm afraid I agree with Horowitz, Cathryn. The status quo is so bad, his plan would improve it, I think. This could be especially effective in changing things in teachers colleges where it is most needed.

[WaterDragon]

The Left has so deeply entrenched itself into our educational system, particularly higher education, that it's going to take new laws to dig them out.