| | Yes, this is a catalog of every bad thing a worker in higher education has done. I suppose one could make a similar list of crimes committed by plumbers to attack the plumbing profession. Yes, there are academics with a strident left-wing agenda, especially in the humanities, but there is (to use a well-worn phrase) a "silent majority" of professors in math, engineering, or health science whose main agenda is seeing to it that their graduates are competent in their profession. Even in a discipline such as history (where I have worked), for every 'activist' who gets attention in the local press, there is also a professor or two who is mainly concerned with improving the skills of prospective social studies teachers and preserving historical sites and archives. Believe it or not, there are conservative professors, especially outside of the humanities and education.[[User:Tafticus|Tafticus]] | | Yes, this is a catalog of every bad thing a worker in higher education has done. I suppose one could make a similar list of crimes committed by plumbers to attack the plumbing profession. Yes, there are academics with a strident left-wing agenda, especially in the humanities, but there is (to use a well-worn phrase) a "silent majority" of professors in math, engineering, or health science whose main agenda is seeing to it that their graduates are competent in their profession. Even in a discipline such as history (where I have worked), for every 'activist' who gets attention in the local press, there is also a professor or two who is mainly concerned with improving the skills of prospective social studies teachers and preserving historical sites and archives. Believe it or not, there are conservative professors, especially outside of the humanities and education.[[User:Tafticus|Tafticus]] |
| | + | :This is certainly not "a catalog of every bad thing a worker in higher education has done," but is only a small fraction. And, no, the values of plumbers are not nearly as bad. |
| | + | :There probably are a few good professors somewhere, but they are typically silent, outnumbered, and rarely stand up against the terrible values of many of their colleagues.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:06, 27 December 2013 (EST) |