It would seem that George Will is only now starting to figure out that there is only one way to reign in the excesses of the academic left:
In the month since the NAS released its study, none of the schools covered by it has contested its findings. Because there might as well be signs on the doors of many schools of social work proclaiming "conservatives need not apply," two questions arise: Why are such schools of indoctrination permitted in institutions of higher education? And why are people of all political persuasions taxed to finance this propaganda?
The fastest way to simultaneously kick the academic left in the balls, while making colleges more effective would be to either cut the humanities and liberal arts programs budgets by 50% or outright abolish them, while transfering the left over cash to the science and engineering departments. In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest a breakdown that would work well for the taxpayers and society in general. Here's the breakdown:
- Philosophy and Sociology -> Computer Science
- All of the ** studies programs -> Electrical Engineering
- Political Science -> Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering
- Pre-law -> Physics
- Education -> Math
- Social Working -> Biology
- 50% of Psychology -> Chemistry
That is my simple plan for how to fix things.
One of these days conservatives will realize that people like Ron Paul, who advocate wholesale elimination of government bureaucracies that no longer work, are not radicals. They are realists. This applies in every direction, from local school boards, to university departments, to federal agencies. You don't try to repair cancerous tumors; the same principle applies to bureaucracies that have completely lost their way.
Wah! Wah!
I'm a leftist idiocy-spewing, ivory-tower-living malcontent, and I hate all conservatives, especially Christians, and I want my own place where I can insulate myself from reality and its consequences, a place where my feelings are protected and justified regardless of the facts, and I want everyone in my environment to agree with me, and I want the people I hate and discriminate against to pay for it!
Wah! Wah!
The expression "too stupid to live" comes to mind.
I was unaware of this "conservatives only" policy in computer science and engineering schools, although when I think about it, it explains a lot.
I would also suggest slashing much of Biology's budget and forking it over to Chemistry as well. While not as "soft" a science as Psychology, it certainly has its fair share of preachy types and demagogues.
Worse than just indoctrination, they are maleducated and then sent out to fill government positions. The US is either falling behind or losing our preeminence in the hard sciences and we need to take a serious look at our education system in toto.
I can see your point on that one. Maybe that should be moved over to biotech instead.
I'd switch Poli-Sci with Prelaw - those admiring Legalese need to study engineering where a fact is a fact and not a mutable word-phantasmagora, while those in Poli-Sci fantasizing about "diplomacy" and playing mental games of "Risk" need to see how the real-world actually functions at the elemental level.
I am for abolishing PreLaw entirely. In fact, I am in favor of requiring a few years of professional experience in a real discipline before you can apply to law school or sit at the bar exam.
so who will be running the reeducation camps for those pesky social scientists?
your vision of a perfectly ordered academia is entirely repulsive. and a ron paul nut, no less...ugh
Only someone "educated" by social "scientists" would even have the phrase "reeducation camp" come to mind while reading this post.
You know what is repulsive? The fact that people get paid at all for teaching many of these subjects.