Hi Jim, et al -
Still provoking thoughts with good essays that you share?!
Thus is one we talked about years ago but now it may be more timely.
I'm guessing that affirmative action without capital letters should be pushed be department
Chairs but with caps and institutional backing it would be doomed.
The time might be ripe for a college sponsored SUNY Symposium on
"Ideological Diversity - Do we lack it? Why? Can we get it? How?"
(or some such title)
See if department chairs from Philosophy, Sociology, and Political Science can combine
to call for an interdisciplinary conference on campus in the fall. Call for papers, new ideas
and publicity for the such an event. It would certainly attract attention (even nationally)
and enthusiastic engagement (even locally, with our own students).
Maybe even invite a good conservative thinker like Kathleen Parker or David Brooks to be keynote
speaker? (We should think big!)
Cheers,
PaulC
Jim,
Do you think we should institute some sort of Affirmative Action/quota program so conservative thought can have a seat at the higher ed table? Why isn't conservative thought more competitive in the critical-thinking business already?
Hi TBers,
Sorry I haven't be poking the bee hive lately. Below is a link to an article and video that is critical of HE's diversity of thought. I'm sure many of you are familiar with this argument. Enjoy
(if you have the time).
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What is the least diverse place in America? It is the very place that should be the most diverse: the college campus.
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Jim Greenberg
