The leftist-indoctrination centers that many of America’s college campuses have become added another despicable blot to their legacies yesterday. New York University (NYU) announced that blind, Chinese political dissident Chen Guangcheng has been tossed off campus. According to the NY Post, the Communist government of China is applying the pressure, using NYU’s expansion of its campus to a facility in Shanghai as leverage. Chen’s presence at NYU has apparently rankled Chinese bureaucrats who signed off on the expansion permits. “NYU isn’t letting a pesky thing like human rights stand in the way of its expansion in China,” reports the Post.
“The big problem is that
NYU is very compromised by the fact they are working very closely with the
Chinese to establish a university,” said one New York-based professor familiar
with Chen’s situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity “That’s their
liability,” the source added. “Otherwise, they would be much less constrained
on issues like freedom of speech.”....To Read More.....
My Take - I have often said that scientific integrity is an oxymoron....well....academic integrity falls into the same category.
My Take - I have often said that scientific integrity is an oxymoron....well....academic integrity falls into the same category.
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