I teach at a well-regarded journalism school. Myself and another colleague are the only conservatives that we are aware of. We joke that we are the real diversity hires. I'll have students sit in my office and "come out" as conservative, as if they were coming out as gay. I more or less keep my head down and go about my business. I don't think politics belong in the classroom. Many of my colleagues disagree - they DO think it's their job to breed activists.
I love this Substack, because this is my day-to-day experience.
Two generations of K-12 School Union indoctrination didn't teach public HS grads to read, write, or calculate the massive cost of student loans, but it groomed them well: they're powerless when confronted with a college faculty hired to indoctrinate, not educate; to "mobilize," not let them learn; but to resent society, rather than use their talents to lead a productive life to contribute to it.
My first college teaching job was in 1975. I loved it. But my younger colleagues who are still teaching have to "lay low"; their students can't read any more, can't write, can hardly count... while the provost threatens them: "Don't give any grade below a B - those students are paying your salary!"
So what are parents to do? Find a decent home-school co-op?
And what are smart and well-taught high-school grads to do? Go to college and be harassed, downgraded, even denigrated?
They are unlikely to be educated at all.
My HVAC guy's 30. No college, some inextpensive community college tech courses. His employer paid for his specialist training - all of it, every field. He has no debt. He's getting married next month and they're buying a house.
All those recent Ivy-League grads in NYC who voted for Mamdani last fall were onto something. But they hadn't been taught enough to figure it out. They'd been trained to resent and mobilize. Instead of to be productive
But hey, so what? They ooze with anger and depend on the welfare state. Free buses! Free rent!
Just like North Korea.
Parents: should you spend real money to send your kids to college?
Kids: should you waste your money to go there?
Even if it's "free," it's four years out of your life. Think about it.
I teach at a well-regarded journalism school. Myself and another colleague are the only conservatives that we are aware of. We joke that we are the real diversity hires. I'll have students sit in my office and "come out" as conservative, as if they were coming out as gay. I more or less keep my head down and go about my business. I don't think politics belong in the classroom. Many of my colleagues disagree - they DO think it's their job to breed activists.
I love this Substack, because this is my day-to-day experience.
Same.
I wonder how many authors of the “papers” listed were female.
Two generations of K-12 School Union indoctrination didn't teach public HS grads to read, write, or calculate the massive cost of student loans, but it groomed them well: they're powerless when confronted with a college faculty hired to indoctrinate, not educate; to "mobilize," not let them learn; but to resent society, rather than use their talents to lead a productive life to contribute to it.
My first college teaching job was in 1975. I loved it. But my younger colleagues who are still teaching have to "lay low"; their students can't read any more, can't write, can hardly count... while the provost threatens them: "Don't give any grade below a B - those students are paying your salary!"
So what are parents to do? Find a decent home-school co-op?
And what are smart and well-taught high-school grads to do? Go to college and be harassed, downgraded, even denigrated?
They are unlikely to be educated at all.
My HVAC guy's 30. No college, some inextpensive community college tech courses. His employer paid for his specialist training - all of it, every field. He has no debt. He's getting married next month and they're buying a house.
All those recent Ivy-League grads in NYC who voted for Mamdani last fall were onto something. But they hadn't been taught enough to figure it out. They'd been trained to resent and mobilize. Instead of to be productive
But hey, so what? They ooze with anger and depend on the welfare state. Free buses! Free rent!
Just like North Korea.
Parents: should you spend real money to send your kids to college?
Kids: should you waste your money to go there?
Even if it's "free," it's four years out of your life. Think about it.
Worthwhile to peruse the following (at https://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/aaup-policies-reports/policy-statements/1940-statement-principles-academic):
1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretive Comments