[dep]

this absolutely nails it -- i've printed out several copies, which will go in lieu of check in the postpaid envelopes that come when we get college begging letters from columbia and nyu.

dep

[McGavin999]

About time they figured this out.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

The simple solution is for alumni toboycott funding their alma mater. Luckily, This kind of b.s. hasn't reached mine (Curry College.) When it does, they won't see another dime from me until it's fixed.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

BTTT

[RLK]

Resist the brainwashing, but do it surrepticiously if you expect to graduate or get recommendations for graduate school.

[Nateman]

This is the result of state funding for education. Which school has a better chance of getting state money, the one which preachs the state is great or the one which advocates individuals rights? What school has a better chance of survival, the one that is free ( thanks to taxes and state funding), or the one that you have to pay for it directly? We are just seeing the natural evolution in action that will occur when the state foots the bill.

The solution is simple: A balanced budget admendment which cuts state funds systematiclly until the state can only afford those things which it must provide, that is, national defense and those institutions necessary for the rule of law.

[yooper]

"One of the causes for this strong drift to the Left is the distinctly liberal faculties of our well known colleges. A Harvard junior says of the 2,000 faculty members at Harvard, all but 6 identify themselves as liberal."

I wish we would stop mischaracterizing these people as "liberals". My Great Aunt is an FDR liberal, and she doesn't believe in any of this new hogwash. These people are SOCIALISTS, and many are COMMUNISTS.

[Morticella]

"Common sense tells us that something must be done to offer our children a more balanced education. How would you like to pay $35,000 to send your child to college only to find he took a class at Columbia called "Sorcery and Magic," or "Queer Theory" and "Queer Texts" at Dartmouth, or "Lesbian and Gay Detective Fiction" at Berkeley." ~Cackle~ But seriously, are these colleges simply hiring more "liberals" ? or perhaps more "liberals" are going into teaching, as opposed to "conservatives" ? Goodness knows the profession doesn't offer fabulous pay.

[cartoonistx]

If one believes in the therory of "devolution" as I do, you know that the liberal campus is about to become (in this order) irrelevant, ignored, indigent, and then reinvented. Campus orthodoxies shift rapidly when the money dries up. In this time of renewed patriotism, Americans will find better places to give endowments to than those who hate the hand that feeds them. College managements will very quickly "Get It" and muzzle, silence and fire even the most tenured of left-wing profs.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Having worked in development at two of Boston's snobbier private universities, I've seen first-hand the influence private money, like alumni donations, can have on campus life. I agree with the author of this piece---if you don't like the direction in which your alma mater's heading, don't give them money. More importantly, form alumni groups or organizations of alumni dedicated to using their checkbooks to change the atmosphere. Change occurs right-quick if a few high-level donors, or a strategic block of donors, simply doesn't pull the lever and give reflexively.

[First_Salute]

bttt