Thread: "Liberal" college education

For countless years people have always attacked college education as being 'liberalized' . . . and 'liberally leaning' and 'liberally tainted' - going on up to Santorum's grand foot-in-mouth moment recently where he did under the entire higher education system for being capable of only producing liberals with their wretched liberality.

What: conservatives don't believe in higher education? Pray tell: why not? Does the notion of study and truth frighten them or something?

Well - I'm tired of hearing this bull**** accusation against higher education which serves to undermine an effort to educate one's adults self as merely being wastefully submersed into a wretched world of ungodly liberalistic deceit and lies and the moment they step foot in a college classroom they're going to morph - or something.

I'd like some proof that I'm being brainwashed. . . and can't think for myself while still acing my tests. Or that all my professors are a bunch of liberal butt wiping baboons who don't deserve respect or an open ear from their students.

you're confusing "Liberal Arts", with Liberalism..the economic & social value.

a Liberal Arts education is one that touches on math, sciences, art, engineering, sociology, etc etc.

Out of the handful of professors that i have or had in college that have been open about their political orientation, one was left-leaning (military history professor, who by the way, teaches at the Marine Corps War College and rubs shoulders with much of the Pentagon top brass, including guys like Petraeus and Bacevich), the rest were right-leaning (European/French history professor, macro econ professor, political economy professor).

The vast majority of professors, are, however, academics and knowledge-seekers first and foremost. Political partisanship is waaay down the list in my experience.

Originally Posted by Thunder

you're confusing "Liberal Arts", with Liberalism..the economic & social value.

a Liberal Arts education is one that touches on math, sciences, art, engineering, sociology, etc etc.

No, she's addressing the perception that college education = liberal indoctrination.

The demonizing of higher education is down right scary to me. Don't these people realize that unless we get back on top with regards to education then our standing in the world will plummet?

Originally Posted by Your Star

The demonizing of higher education is down right scary to me. Don't these people realize that unless we get back on top with regards to education then our standing in the world will plummet?

Well, there's a bunch of concerns with that, not just college.

I, for one, think that primary and secondary education need to be addressed. Also, kids need to realize that in the current environment, a college degree miiight not be a good deal. Sometimes it pays off to go a different path and go to a technical or trade school or something of that nature.

Originally Posted by StillBallin75

No, she's addressing the perception that college education = liberal indoctrination.

well........that reminds me of "A Canticle for Liebowitz", where the post-Apocolyptic society chose to reject all education.

Originally Posted by StillBallin75

Well, there's a bunch of concerns with that, not just college.

I, for one, think that primary and secondary education need to be addressed. Also, kids need to realize that in the current environment, a college degree miiight not be a good deal. Sometimes it pays off to go a different path and go to a technical or trade school or something of that nature.

When it's referred to as 'higher education' that usually refers to trade school as well.

I think theres a huge and unfair misconception that 'higher education' is only boring statistician and business management courses where you muse about business ethics, 5 legs and shoving of the fatman onto the level to shift the track.

Originally Posted by Aunt Spiker

When it's referred to as 'higher education' that usually refers to trade school as well.

I think theres a huge and unfair misconception that 'higher education' is only boring statistician and business management courses where you muse about business ethics, 5 legs and shoving of the fatman onto the level to shift the track.

Not a business major so I can't really address that - humanities and social sciences are my thing for the most part.

Originally Posted by Thunder

my sister got a BA in Anthropology.

it was a stupid, stupid choice.

Relevance? Or you just trying to tell us a random story?