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''See also:'' [[Academia and intellectual development]] and [[Professor values|Values within academia]]

''See also:'' [[Academia and intellectual development]] and [[Professor values|Values within academia]]

   

   

Research indicates that religious conservatives face discrimination in hiring within academia.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors] by Rachel Alexander, June 10, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=9&article=84 Quick, "Let’s Discriminate Against the Creationists!"] by Apologetics Press</ref>  In addition, college is clearly not delivering the goods in terms of intellectual development for a large percentage of its students. An American study found that forty-five percent of students achieved no significant improvement in their critical thinking, reasoning or writing skills during their first two years of college. After four years, 36 percent displayed no significant increases in these so-called "higher order" thinking skills.<ref>[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/18/106949/study-many-college-students-not.html Study of college education and critical thinking skills]</ref> Students, particularly those who made poor curriculum choices, are increasingly angry that college does not adequately prepare them for the marketplace and leaves them with a pile of debt.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/04/05/the-higher-education-bubble/ Forbes - Higher education bubble]</ref> Furthermore, [[Vox Day]] and others point out that many academics quality of work related to science is frequently substandard.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-short-answer-not-so-much-these-days.html The Short Answer is Not Much These Days]</ref> [[Creation Ministries International]] argues that the recent epidemic of scientific fraud within the scientific/academic community is related to atheistic and [[evolution]]ary morality/ideology (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[http://creation.com/science-fraud-epidemic  Why the epidemic of fraud exists in science today] by Jerry Bergman</ref><ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to belief in evolution] by David Catchpoole Published: 5 July 2000; republished 21 October 2009(GMT+10)</ref>

Research indicates that religious conservatives face discrimination in hiring within academia.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors] by Rachel Alexander, June 10, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=9&article=84 Quick, "Let’s Discriminate Against the Creationists!"] by Apologetics Press</ref>   

 

In addition, college is clearly not delivering the goods in terms of intellectual development for a large percentage of its students. An American study found that forty-five percent of students achieved no significant improvement in their critical thinking, reasoning or writing skills during their first two years of college. After four years, 36 percent displayed no significant increases in these so-called "higher order" thinking skills.<ref>[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/18/106949/study-many-college-students-not.html Study of college education and critical thinking skills]</ref> Students, particularly those who made poor curriculum choices, are increasingly angry that college does not adequately prepare them for the marketplace and leaves them with a pile of debt.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/04/05/the-higher-education-bubble/ Forbes - Higher education bubble]</ref> Furthermore, [[Vox Day]] and others point out that many academics quality of work related to science is frequently substandard.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-short-answer-not-so-much-these-days.html The Short Answer is Not Much These Days]</ref> [[Creation Ministries International]] argues that the recent epidemic of scientific fraud within the scientific/academic community is related to atheistic and [[evolution]]ary morality/ideology (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[http://creation.com/science-fraud-epidemic  Why the epidemic of fraud exists in science today] by Jerry Bergman</ref><ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to belief in evolution] by David Catchpoole Published: 5 July 2000; republished 21 October 2009(GMT+10)</ref>

The low quality of work done by many atheist academics combined with their hostility towards religious conservatives is not surprising given that atheism/agnosticism [[Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism|lack proof and evidence]] that they are valid, while the [[Bible]] and Christianity have an abundant amount of evidence supporting their veracity (see: [[Christian apologetics]]).  

The low quality of work done by many atheist academics combined with their hostility towards religious conservatives is not surprising given that atheism/agnosticism [[Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism|lack proof and evidence]] that they are valid, while the [[Bible]] and Christianity have an abundant amount of evidence supporting their veracity (see: [[Christian apologetics]]).