Liberal studies exposed

[KC 2.0 --faster than before]

The Chinese have a word for it... Maybe you have heard it from your fellow
Commies. It's a literal translation. Called "brainwashing." -KC

"I am European and came to America in 2002, where I teach at an elite
Liberal Arts College. My native country is among the most socialized in
the world, with strong leftist parties, from democratic socialists to
outright communist. All across Europe the left -- the far left, somewhere
between Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean -- has a very strong political
position, as well as a clearly visible presence on university campuses.
"Despite my European background I found myself deeply surprised by the
political bias on college campuses here in America. Left-wing bias is
almost undetectable among European college faculty compared to Americas
academic institutions. The bias that I have encountered has so many facets
that I am still encountering new ones.
"One of the first signs of political bias was an unqualified admiration
for Europe in general and its welfare systems in particular. Having both
personal and scholarly experience of those, I told new colleagues of all
the problems that I saw there: unemployment twice as high as in the U.S.,
heavy welfare dependency, high crime, health care rationing, perpetually
rising taxes, etc.. This image of Europe did not accord with what my
new-found colleagues -- overwhelmingly liberal -- had decided that they
saw over in the Old World.
"In fact, their uncritically positive image of Europe astonished me so
much that I began trying to convince them that they were wrong. (In the
name of free speech and an educated academic conversation -- things that
you would expect to find on a college campus.) This turned out to be a
bad idea: my colleagues slowly but steadily changed their attitude toward
me. I refused to acknowledge that the politics in Europe was as superior
as European wine, cars or cuisine. (In fact, I prefer California wine, I
drive a Chevrolet and I love pumpkin pie!)
"The most feverishly liberal among my colleagues now began looking at me
as a traitor. One told me to stop expressing my political views when
other faculty was around. Why? Because, he said, "I do not want to have to
defend why we have a conservative here" at our department.
"As much as this shocked me, I began talking to a close group of friends
about it. I had realized that the overwhelming majority of my colleagues
were radically liberal, effectively socialist. I had also realized that
the overwhelming majority among them, in turn, would not tolerate
dissenting political views on campus.
...

'Confessions of a Politically Incorrect Professor' (Apr 6 2005)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17622

Links:
Students for Academic Freedom
http://studentsforacademicfreedom.org/

'Survey Reveals Pervasive Political Pressure in the Classroom'
by American Council of Trustees and Alumni
http://www.goacta.org/press/Press%20Releases/11-30-04PR.htm