Walter E. William Apr 15, 2020
America's colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze
resulting from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a bit of remediation.
Let's first examine what might be the root of academic corruption,
suggested by the title of a recent study, "Academic Grievance Studies
and the Corruption of Scholarship."
The study was done by Areo, an
opinion and analysis digital magazine. By the way, Areo is short for
Areopagitica, a speech delivered by John Milton in defense of free
speech.
Authors Helen Pluckrose,
James A. Lindsay and Peter Boghossian say that something has gone
drastically wrong in academia, especially within certain fields within
the humanities. They call these fields "grievance studies," where
scholarship is not so much based upon finding truth but upon attending
to social grievances.
Grievance scholars bully students, administrators
and other departments into adhering to their worldview. The worldview
they promote is neither scientific nor rigorous. Grievance studies
consist of disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, gender studies,
queer, sexuality and critical race studies..........To Read More...
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