<p>^ austinareadad - Wouldn’t this be an argument against virtually all institutions of higher education? Where would one find “perfectly balanced” universities?</p>
<p>NewHope, I was arguing that universities should strive to achieve such balance, not that those that didn’t achieve it should be summarily closed.</p>
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<p>I want you know you are not the only one who finds this silly. When I was in college my Chemistry professor gave extra credit for memorizing the university’s Alma Mater. I guess he would have been fired for “hazing”.</p>
<p>There really are some draconian anti hazing measures out there. They are silly. It is considered hazing to require pledges to enter the house through a certain door. Really??? </p>
<p>On some campuses it is considered hazing for athletic teams to make freshman carry the water, or put away the equipment. Is that really hazing? Really?</p>
<p>As far as diversity of thought goes, many campuses are not tolerant of conservative thought. Apparently diversity of skin color is good. Diversity of thought is not good.</p>
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<p>It’s not a big deal, but I don’t think a chemistry grade should be affected by such extraneous factors.</p>
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<p>I love irony with my first cup of coffee on a weekend.</p>
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<p>Really? Teachers give extra credit for all sorts of ridiculous things. I really don’t think giving a few points on a test made the difference between passing and failing for most students.</p>
<p>I don’t think I lost any grade points because the capitalist (or Marxist) professors didn’t agree with my different views, though at least one was intrigued with the notion that those weren’t the only real alternatives.</p>
<p>“Seriously, Hunt, Dartmouth has a professor who tells his students on day 1 of his American politics course that he is an avowed Marxist.”</p>
<p>Bravo! How many professors tell their students on day 1 that they are capitalists? By telling them on day 1, it gives the students an opportunity to take a different class (though they might have difficulty finding one who isn’t a capitalist.)</p>
<p>But I do know that what my alma mater needs, besides more subsidies for millionaires’ and billionaires’ kids, is more and better hazing. But in the interest of diversity, the various hazing requirements for each fraternity, etc. should be published in advance, like a menu.</p>
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<p>The book has an associated web site, [CollegeGuide.org</a> - Home](<a href=“http://www.collegeguide.org%5DCollegeGuide.org”>http://www.collegeguide.org) .</p>
<p>THE PRINCIPLES OF MARXISM SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT!!!</p>
<p>That way populace won’t recognize Marxism when it’s presented. (Ignorance also provides moments of hilarity when someone is asked WHY they hold their opinion on the subject.)</p>
<p>ucb, that site is fascinating. It gives the highest marks to Princeton and University of Chicago, but to get to #10 they had to include a “niche” school, Christendom College:</p>
<p>"…debates on campus are among Republicans, anticapitalist agrarians, libertarians, paleoconservatives, and monarchists. Shared premises make such disputes more fruitful. The greatest weaknesses, faculty sources say, are anemic programs in math, science, and modern languages—and an occasional overemphasis on moral (over against intellectual) formation. Strict rules regulate student drinking and forbid sexual misbehavior."</p>
<p>Here are some gems about a few of their top 10 “train wreck” schools:</p>
<p>“If multiculturalism is indeed—as many suspect—a new, theocratic religion, then Macalester is its madrassa. The United Nations flag has flown alongside the American in the center of Macalester’s campus since 1950. The school has a Department of Multicultural Life, whose mission is to “infuse multiculturalism into all aspects of campus life.” Students are given no core curriculum, but rather a set of scattered distribution requirements. Many academic courses complement Macalester’s focus on the curious, the queer, and the foreign.”</p>
<p>“Duke is still picking up the pieces from the infamous lacrosse case of 2006, when an African American stripper falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape—and eighty-eight Duke professors rushed to condemn the innocent students in the Chronicle of Higher Education. As one student tells us, faculty and administrators are still fixated on “race, gender, and class.” In the wake of the “rape” charade, Duke adopted a new, draconian sexual misconduct policy that “can render a student guilty of nonconsensual sex simply because he or she is considered ‘powerful’ on campus,” warned the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.”</p>
<p>“At least nine outspoken homosexual organizations exist on campus, confirming the Barnard website’s statement that the college offers “tons of ways to get involved in queer activism and social life.””</p>
<p>People need to stop equating religious views with conservative views. Anti-abortion and anti-evolution are religious views, not conservative views.</p>
<p>I just looked at the “Choosing the RIGHT College” site linked above, and was surprised by the schools with green lights, including University of Chicago, MIT, Dartmouth, UNC …</p>
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<p>It certainly does seem that prominent conservatives are equating religious views with conservative views.</p>
<p>Bay, have you seen any evidence that these “religious” views are being promoted in the public sphere by anyone who isn’t conservative too? If these people exist I haven’t met any of them.</p>
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<p>Well the conservative politicians seem to have missed the memo on that one.</p>
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<p>Of course. These views are promoted by many orthodox religious groups. Many (or most- who knows?) are also very liberal in every other area, including the way they cast their votes.</p>
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<p>I really don’t want this to turn into a political discussion. They are pandering to a constituency. There have been plenty of Catholic politicians who are considered liberal who also oppose abortion.</p>
<p>OK. I guess what I have seen is the flip side–conservative leaders using their faith (i.e., “we are a Christian nation”) to defend their positions on issues that should not have anything to do with religion or lack thereof.</p>
<p>My point in bringing it up, is that a discussion about teaching from a conservative point of view means a lot more than opposing abortion and evolution, which many seem only to focus on when talking about this subject. That is why it always seems to dead end. And maybe why more discussion on it is needed.</p>
<p>"I just looked at the “Choosing the RIGHT College” site linked above, and was surprised by the schools with green lights, including University of Chicago, MIT, Dartmouth, UNC … "</p>
<p>They must like that Marxist professor at Dartmouth…</p>