Changing Tide in Academia...
Snagged from dezelina posting HERE on academics_anon.
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher education that continued into the ’70s, are being replaced by younger professors who many of the nearly 50 academics interviewed by The New York Times believe are different from their predecessors - less ideologically polarized and more politically moderate.
“There’s definitely something happening,” said Peter W. Wood, executive director of the National Association of Scholars, which was created in 1987 to counter attacks on Western culture and values. “I hear from quite a few faculty members and graduate students from around the country. They are not really interested in fighting the battles that have been fought over the last 20 years.”
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This is good news on two fronts: one, students entering academia today will have a better chance to make their own decisions about life the universe and everything rather than hearing biased rants from Vietnam era draft dodgers; and two, at least some of the students who did have to live through that managed to beat the odds and have their heads screwed on strait.
I'm not going to fool myself to think that academics won't still be overwhelmingly of a more liberal ilk but perhaps things will get better. I have good hopes for my little sister's prospects when she starts in at the University of Memphis in the fall (::gulp::).
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher education that continued into the ’70s, are being replaced by younger professors who many of the nearly 50 academics interviewed by The New York Times believe are different from their predecessors - less ideologically polarized and more politically moderate.
“There’s definitely something happening,” said Peter W. Wood, executive director of the National Association of Scholars, which was created in 1987 to counter attacks on Western culture and values. “I hear from quite a few faculty members and graduate students from around the country. They are not really interested in fighting the battles that have been fought over the last 20 years.”
( Read more... )
This is good news on two fronts: one, students entering academia today will have a better chance to make their own decisions about life the universe and everything rather than hearing biased rants from Vietnam era draft dodgers; and two, at least some of the students who did have to live through that managed to beat the odds and have their heads screwed on strait.
I'm not going to fool myself to think that academics won't still be overwhelmingly of a more liberal ilk but perhaps things will get better. I have good hopes for my little sister's prospects when she starts in at the University of Memphis in the fall (::gulp::).