“Teaching as a Subversive Activity”: The Theory of Political Indoctrination
May 04, 2012 by Zombie |
Teachers have a "moral imperative" to shape students' beliefs and make them "agents for change," declared a lanugage professor at a recent Berkeley lecture.
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U California President Yudof Says Political Advocacy Is a Problem
Apr 19, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
At a press conference UC president Mark Yudof declared his commitment to ideology-free education. Charles Geshekter of the Caliofornia Association of Scholars asked him to say so in a memo to the UC Board of Regents.
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Politics, Education, and More Politics: NAS’s New Report on the University of California
Apr 11, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood discusses the National Association of Scholars’ new report that says higher education has been hurt by the failure of safeguards against using the classroom to advance partisan ideas and loyalties.
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The Ugly Politicization of the University of California
Apr 04, 2012 by George Leef |
The recent NAS report on politicization in the UC system is right on target.
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University of California Report in the News
Apr 02, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Both national and local media pay attention to a new report by NAS's California affiliate on the politicization of the University of California.
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A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University…
Mar 30, 2012 John M. Ellis |
A report on the consequences of politicization in higher education, focused on the University of California.
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Politics Undermining Learning, Scholars Warn University of California
Mar 30, 2012 |
PRESS RELEASE: The California Association of Scholars has published a report showing how radical faculty members and administrators and politicized courses have compromised the quality of education in the University of California.
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Berkeley Students’ Bake Sale No Piece of Cake
Oct 04, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Judging by the UCal Berkeley administration's nuke 'em reaction, you might have thought that the Ku Klux Klan had staged a rally on campus, rather than a symbolic bake sale by college Republicans protesting the university's… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Statement by the California Association of Scholars Regarding Chancellor Birgeneau’s…
Jan 19, 2011 by |
NAS's California affiliate calls out UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau for his improper use of his position for political advocacy.
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We Told You So: UC Fulfills NAS Prophecy
May 12, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS predictions are coming true as the University of California opts for online undergraduate education.
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Statement of Professor John Ellis to the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher…
Mar 23, 2010 by John M. Ellis |
"A lack of intellectual diversity hurts both left and right," contends Professor Ellis.
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Diversi-Oaths: Creedal Admissions in the American University
Nov 30, 2009 by Glenn Ricketts, Peter Wood |
"Diversity" essays in college applications teach students how to bow to an anti-intellectual idol. At Berkeley, the bow is becoming for would-be grad students a full-scale grovel.
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Lies in California
Apr 07, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
John Ellis uncovers the deceptions propagated by UC Berkeley's race-obsessed chancellor.
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Friday Freeze-Frames
Apr 03, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Ward Churchill verdict, UC Berkeley chancellor calls percentage decrease in Caucasian males "a triumph," Why students love college, and Compliments guys at Purdue
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Slouching Toward the Therapeutic University: Part 2
Mar 31, 2009 by Tom Wood |
How the "students as customers" attitude and the self-esteem movement undermine good education.
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