In America, Most Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad for the Country (chronicle.com)

An anonymous reader quotes the Chronicle of Higher Education: A majority of Republicans and right-leaning independents think higher education has a negative effect on the country, according to a new study released by the Pew Research Center on Monday. The same study has found a consistent increase in distrust of colleges and universities since 2010, when negative perceptions among Republicans was measured at 32 percent. That number now stands at 58 percent. By comparison, 72 percent of Democrats or left-leaning Independents in the study said colleges and universities have a positive impact on the United States... In the Pew Research Center's study, distrust of colleges was strongest in the highest income bracket and the oldest age group, with approval levels of just 31 percent among respondents whose family income exceeds $75,000 a year and 27 percent among those older than 65.

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Re:Evergreen State

[elrous0]

And I wish Evergreen were just a completely fringe case. But sadly, even many mainstream universities in red states are now indoctrinating students and stifling any dissent. Even reddest of red states, Tennessee, had to pass a law (against the opposition of its own public university administrations) just to guarantee students basic free speech rights.

Re:There's an obvious reason

[beelsebob]

Right, and that's why we have:

  - States trying to ban people marrying the person they love because it disagrees with the Bible.
  -States trying to force women to carry babies to term even when it'll kill them, because the Bible apparently says they have to.
  - States erecting public monuments to christianity, despite constitutional requirements that they don't.
  - States trying to force people to be taught non-science in science classes because it disagrees with the Bible.
  - States trying to give tax payer funding to churches and calling them schools
  - ...

Don't give me that bullshit about no one trying to ram ideology down throats other than the left. The religious right has been trying to ram the bible down everyone's throats for decades.

Re:There's an obvious reason

[PopeRatzo]

I doubt Republicans consider engineering, math, biology, English and such as bad.

Sadly, there's plenty that do. I'm currently living in Texas, and I can take you to meet several of them right now. Here's a Republican elected official over in Arizona.

http://tucson.com/news/local/e...

“It got hijacked by Washington, by the federal government,” said Melvin, a candidate for governor, and “as a conservative Reagan Republican I’m suspect about the U.S. Department of Education in general, but also any standards that are coming out of that department.”

Melvin’s comments led Sen. David Bradley, D-Tucson, to ask him whether he’s actually read the Common Core standards, which have been adopted by 45 states.

“I’ve been exposed to them,” Melvin responded.

Pressed by Bradley for specifics, Melvin said he understands “some of the reading material is borderline pornographic.” And he said the program uses “fuzzy math,” substituting letters for numbers in some examples.

Re:Evergreen State

[ShanghaiBill]

I love how you snowflakes cry.

A "snowflake" is someone who whines about their own sense of entitlement, not someone who speaks up for the rights of others.

Suppression of free speech on college campuses is a serious issue. Liberal advocates of restrictions should learn from history. In the past, policies designed to suppress the right were later turned against the left. McCarthyism was based on laws originally intended to suppress the far right, rather than "commies". Judicial activism was originally a tool of Liberals, but is now increasingly used against them.

Re: Evergreen State

[Jesus H Rolle]

... [churches] are funded voluntarily by individuals, not the state.

In the US, churches have been supported by the state for about a century now. Their tax exemption means I am forced by law to pay their bills.