Bowdoin College study

An upcoming study by the NAS (National Association of Scholars) should be interesting for anyone interested in what is going on in institutions of higher learning these days.  A common complaint of David Horowitz's Frontpage Magazine is the idea that while most liberal arts colleges are committed to a diverse student body that "resembles America"  the only real diversity is in the color of their students and and perhaps the gender of the faculty.  Horowitz argues that the social studies departments are almost completely staffed with liberals and only occasionally does he find a conservative on the faculty of the hundreds of campuses he visits each year in the course of talking about the unfairness of speech codes and the toxic politically correct environment they produce.  This study, as described here, will explore the curricula at Bowdoin in-depth, and attempt to find evidence of bias that may reflect a particular political bent or tilt.  Since the NAS mission is to protect the integrity of the academic environment in which its members function, it is unimaginable that this study will be anything other than thorough and objective   The results will be in the Spring of 2012.

ADDED:  On the subject of higher education this post from Innovations - The Chronicle of Higher Education blog, presents a recent "incident" that occurred at the U. of Wisconsin, having to do with the interruption of a meeting held in a local hotel by a respected organization that studies the effect and results of affirmative action policies (diversity initiatives) by institutions of higher learning.  It seems this organization through the FOIA had acquired the records on admissions at the U of W and was meetig to discuss these results when a student "mob", at the direction of the vice provo of the school's "Diversity" department, interrupted the meeting by taking over the site and threatening the participants.  Obviously the university and the "students" feared the outcome of the meeting, which indeed was discussing the facts of the admissions policies of the school in a most unfavorable light as is seen in this link to a post describing the events.

This blatantly illegal action on the part of the students who were goaded on by a school administrator is an outrage but in keeping with what is going on at schools all over the country.  The facts of the admissions policies including the graduation rates of the affirmative action admits are laid out in the post and make for discouraging reading if you are at all concerned about the quality of education offered by our universities and the impact of the diversity outreach programs which flow from the affirmative action law.  Thank you Sandra Day O'Connor for your contribution to the blatant discrimination agains white and Asian students now rampant at universities around the country.