Last week’s column discussed the highly publicized university corruption scheme wherein wealthy parents bought admission at prestigious universities for their children. That is dishonest and gives an unfair advantage to those young people, but won’t destroy the missions of the universities.
There is little or no attention given by the mainstream media to the true cancer eating away at most of our institutions of higher learning. Philip Carl Salzman, emeritus professor of anthropology at McGill University, explains that cancer in a Minding the Campus article, titled “What Your Sons and Daughters Will Learn at University.”
Salzman argues that for most of the 20th century, universities were dedicated to the advancement of knowledge. There was open exchange and competition in the marketplace of ideas. Different opinions were argued and respected.
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3 comments:
Like most of us they'll have to learn the hard way!! They'll be put in a situation where their "black" friends will choose race over friendship when around other "blacks".
I have learned @ Salisbury University that each day you wake up, you can be the sex you want that day
it's very, like, like warm and fuzzy like feeling
it makes, like Saturday dating, like real fun
6:05 wtf are you talking about? Seriously, what are you even trying to say?
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