[Dean's World] J.A. Eddy: Brainwashing 101 and the Education STASI

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Posted by J.A. Eddy:
Brainwashing 101 and the Education STASI
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1194531203.shtml


   Two institutes of Higher Education have been floating around the
   periphery of the news lately. Fortunately there are several bloggers
   paying closer attention.

   The latest issue has been the [1]University of Delawareâs Student
   Housing re-education program where the Resident Assistants were
   [2]trained in having one-on-one meetings with students living in the
   dorms to discuss living situations and essentially train them in
   diversity. It sounds like just more PC fuzzy-bunnyness until you look
   into the details, after which you have to wonder just who it was
   [3]who thought this was a good idea, and did they once consult the
   Universityâs legal department before putting it in place?

   Welcome to the new Gulag, same as the old Gulag.

   Then there is the story of [4]William and Mary College, where College
   President Gene Nichol began by [5]removing the cross from the Wren
   chapel on campus in order to make the 274-year-old chapel more
   welcoming to students of other faiths. Next came the [6]anonymous
   student denunciation system whereby students were encouraged to report
   other students engaging in inappropriate speech or activities. Since
   the spotlight was shone on this program the language at the reporting
   site has been modified to render it somewhat less Orwellian in
   appearance, but can any good really come of such a system on a college
   campus?

   I like to believe that the portrayals of rampant PC intolerance in
   education are at least a little overblown, but sometimes it's hard...

   Links via [7]Instapundit and [8]Powerline

References

   1. http://thefire.org/index.php/article/8555.html
   2. http://www.thefire.org/pdfs/8ab6da099b212f7c4750e0de896a59cb.pdf
   3. http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2007/11/more_on_indoctrination_at_dela_1.html
   4. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2007/10/018860.php
   5. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTk3Njc2MWM5OWNjZmY3MmNjYzUzMGJiNjZlZWFiY2E=
   6. http://www.wm.edu/diversity/reportbias/index.php
   7. http://instapundit.com/mt2/asdaf.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=University+of+Delaware
   8. http://www.powerlineblog.com/