Det venstreorienterede universitet

The Weekly Standard har en usandsynligt god artikel om det moderne universitets historie i USA i de sidste 200 år. Hele artiklen er ubetinget værd at læse, især for dens konklusioner omkring universiteternes (eller i hvert fald de amerikanske af af slagsen) tilstand idag. En smagsprøve:

For a generation now, universities have promoted research and coursework in something called "multiculturalism," a doctrine that purports to encourage study of foreign societies and cultures. After the terrorist attacks in 2001, however, we quickly learned that the nation had trained few specialists who understood the Arabic language or Islamic cultures and who might help us understand and counter this new threat. It turned out that multiculturalism was not at all about studying foreign cultures and languages, since this requires real effort, but rather about mobilizing various national groups to exert political influence within the United States. In terms of content, "multiculturalism" was every bit as hollow as "diversity."

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Henrik