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Article: The myth of the liberal campus.
- Article from:
- The Humanist
- Article date:
- September 1, 1995
- Author:
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For some time now, we have been asked to believe that higher education is being devalued by the "politically correct" tyrannies of feminists, African Ameri can nationalists, gays, lesbians, and Marxists. The truth is something else. In fact, most college professors and students are drearily conventional in their ideological proclivities. And the system of rule within the average university or college, be it private or public, owes more to Sparta than to Athens. The university is a chartered corporation ruled, like any other corporation, by a self appointed, self perpetuating board of trustees, composed overwhelm ingly of affluent and conservative businesspeople.
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