The liberal bias of our universities has long been known within certain circles, but that knowledge has now hit the mainstream and is causing some parents to think twice about where they send their children. And their money.
Colleges have long been hotbeds of political agitation, of course. But whereas students once were the ones who acted out as they spread their intellectual and philosophical wings, now it's more likely the professors and administrators playing politics and more and more Americans with college-age kids are getting fed up with it. In 18 years' experience counseling kids on their college choices, I've never seen the unhappiness as widespread as it is today. If colleges don't tone down the politics and ballooning costs, they could turn off enough American consumers to marginalize themselves right out of existence.
Colleges are having an ever-harder time making what they do comprehensible to the families footing the bills. I counsel families of all political stripes and varied income levels on college choices, but they agree on one thing: The overly politicized atmosphere on campuses is distracting colleges from providing a solid education to our young people.
The Humanities and Social Sciences are supposed to foster critical thinking and dissent. In fact, they are supposed to encourage the kind of uncomfortable questioning that many conservatives would discourage. But that's not always what is happening. Instead, as Goodman writes, an increasing number of professors are attempting to shoehorn new students into fairly radical modes of thought at the expense of all others.
Universities are, of course, free to do so. But the backlash may force them to pay the price.
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