1. Seems to be a sort of societal realilty that over time products deteriorate far faster than their reputations.
Some product that earned its esteemed stature found it cheaper and simpler to cut corners and rely on its former image....e.g., Dell Computers.....
And so it is with our colleges and universities..... Contrary to what was once the case....it can easily be argued that the more years in the university in the study of the social sciences, the less wise one is.
It's due to the take-over by a particular political persuasion: Liberalism, and the doctrine that good intentions is more important than truth, honesty or results.
a. In academia, truth has fallen in priority to ideology, also known as the ‘greater truth’ of pre-formed conclusions. A case in point is climate change. Normal science discovers facts, and then constructs a theory from those facts. ‘Post-modern science’ starts with a theory that is politically sensitive, and then makes up facts to influence opinion in its favor.
"The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power," By Melanie Phillips
2. Did I say the study of social sciences? It is just as dismal in the sciences.....and for the same reason.
Mike Hulme is Professor of Climate Change in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA), [http://mikehulme.org/] and was good enough to reveal the truth in the Guardian, 2007:
“…this particular mode of scientific activity… has been labelled "post-normal" science. Climate change seems to fall in this category. Disputes in post-normal science focus as often on the process of science - who gets funded, who evaluates quality, who has the ear of policy - as on the facts of science…. Self-evidently dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking,… scientists - and politicians - must trade (normal) truth for influence. If scientists want to remain listened to, to bear influence on policy, they must recognise the social limits of their truth seeking and reveal fully the values and beliefs they bring to their scientific activity…. Climate change is too important to be left to scientists - least of all the normal ones.”
The appliance of science
Get that??? The Global Warming Scam isn't science: "...scientists - and politicians - must trade (normal) truth for influence."
3. Historian scholar Victor Davis Hanson recognizes the current state of our colleges...and the students that move through them....and posits a number of problems and solutions.
Hanson hits the high notes immediately..."...we hear constantly about how poorly educated are today's graduates and how few well-paying jobs await them. The cost of college is a national scandal. Collective student loan debt in America is about $1.2 trillion. Campus political correctness is now daily news."
Victor Davis Hanson - Can Our Colleges be Saved?
4.And he provides solutions. He points out the SAT and ACT examinations as attempts to identify college-eligible students, "assessed on their aptitude for college -- without the old-boy, establishment prejudices of class, gender and race".....and suggests similar testing upon graduation: "Would such blind exams also work in reverse as national college exit tests? Could bachelor's degrees be predicated on certifying that graduates possess a minimum level of common knowledge?"
And.....if grads from small, unknown colleges out perform the name universities......what would that entail????
A reformation in who runs the education industry....and what they prioritize?
Could be????
Some product that earned its esteemed stature found it cheaper and simpler to cut corners and rely on its former image....e.g., Dell Computers.....
And so it is with our colleges and universities..... Contrary to what was once the case....it can easily be argued that the more years in the university in the study of the social sciences, the less wise one is.
It's due to the take-over by a particular political persuasion: Liberalism, and the doctrine that good intentions is more important than truth, honesty or results.
a. In academia, truth has fallen in priority to ideology, also known as the ‘greater truth’ of pre-formed conclusions. A case in point is climate change. Normal science discovers facts, and then constructs a theory from those facts. ‘Post-modern science’ starts with a theory that is politically sensitive, and then makes up facts to influence opinion in its favor.
"The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power," By Melanie Phillips
2. Did I say the study of social sciences? It is just as dismal in the sciences.....and for the same reason.
Mike Hulme is Professor of Climate Change in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA), [http://mikehulme.org/] and was good enough to reveal the truth in the Guardian, 2007:
“…this particular mode of scientific activity… has been labelled "post-normal" science. Climate change seems to fall in this category. Disputes in post-normal science focus as often on the process of science - who gets funded, who evaluates quality, who has the ear of policy - as on the facts of science…. Self-evidently dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking,… scientists - and politicians - must trade (normal) truth for influence. If scientists want to remain listened to, to bear influence on policy, they must recognise the social limits of their truth seeking and reveal fully the values and beliefs they bring to their scientific activity…. Climate change is too important to be left to scientists - least of all the normal ones.”
The appliance of science
Get that??? The Global Warming Scam isn't science: "...scientists - and politicians - must trade (normal) truth for influence."
3. Historian scholar Victor Davis Hanson recognizes the current state of our colleges...and the students that move through them....and posits a number of problems and solutions.
Hanson hits the high notes immediately..."...we hear constantly about how poorly educated are today's graduates and how few well-paying jobs await them. The cost of college is a national scandal. Collective student loan debt in America is about $1.2 trillion. Campus political correctness is now daily news."
Victor Davis Hanson - Can Our Colleges be Saved?
4.And he provides solutions. He points out the SAT and ACT examinations as attempts to identify college-eligible students, "assessed on their aptitude for college -- without the old-boy, establishment prejudices of class, gender and race".....and suggests similar testing upon graduation: "Would such blind exams also work in reverse as national college exit tests? Could bachelor's degrees be predicated on certifying that graduates possess a minimum level of common knowledge?"
And.....if grads from small, unknown colleges out perform the name universities......what would that entail????
A reformation in who runs the education industry....and what they prioritize?
Could be????
