All nice but let's cut to the chase. It's November 2024. The border is still a sieve. The campuses have calmed down ( hopefully) but what is being taught has changed little ( likewise at blue city public and preo schools,) . The MSM continues to bang the colonizer systemic racism climate drum ( and opposes any limits in abortion, an issu…
All nice but let's cut to the chase. It's November 2024. The border is still a sieve. The campuses have calmed down ( hopefully) but what is being taught has changed little ( likewise at blue city public and preo schools,) . The MSM continues to bang the colonizer systemic racism climate drum ( and opposes any limits in abortion, an issue that will be front and center). Inflation is still marching right along. And the debt and deficits are even greater. And interest rates have not budged much. It's Biden v Trump on the ballot. How many of the newly enlightened vote for Trump or stay home in protest all but ensuring 4 more years of the status quo? Until then this is great for articles and cocktail talk.
The campuses have calmed down? Compared to when? There are anti-Israel protests at dozens of universities, and professors are gushing about how wonderful the Hamas attack was. And not, as far as I can tell, getting fired for it.
You are correct on all fronts. My point was that a year from now they HOPEFULLY will be calmer. If I were king I would close the campuses and go to remote learning. After all it seems most of the "students" are wearing masks and afraid of close contact in classrooms and dorms. And in the process the chances for violence would be diminished
If I were king, I would shut down all public universities for a year, with every single professor and administrator losing their job, regardless of tenure. They would not be allowed to reopen until they signed hiring agreements with *ideologically* diverse professors and administrators. Professors who had previously identified themselves as "activists" would not be eligible for rehire under any circumstances.
I’ve said this before, but “activists” are the scourge of our time! They are simply lobbyists for a cause (whether paid or unpaid), and deserve only our scorn and suspicion. Suddenly, everyone is an “activist”: K–12 teachers, university professors/administrators, corporate CEOs, students, workers, bartenders, Uber drivers, you name it, because it is a high status marker.
“Activists” have transformed our society into a tyranny of the minorities. Prior to their reign, most of our society’s structures were created and maintained to serve the greater good (a.k.a. the majority). The result of that was that things functioned well, and most people were happy. But some people were not happy, albeit a small number. Along came the “activists”, and suddenly our society was re-engineered to serve the minority. Now, nothing works very well, and everyone is unhappy. Fabulous! <sarcasm>
We are dreamers no? Here's one more. Since govt pays a huge part of the cost of colleges ( loans and loan guarantees, grants etc), time to treat colleges as adjuncts of govt. Thus all employed are subject to the pay grades of the govt meaning no more 3-5 million salary for university presidents, and reduced salaries for the rest of the admin staff and professors. Remote learning would solve much of this by only having top notch unbiased teachers teaching their areas of expertise. No need for thousands of social science profs and one gender studies prod for the entire country would be plenty
Remote learning would also eliminate the "party school" phenomenon.
In a system like that, I would totally support "free" college for anyone. Only the serious students would continue. The ones who want to party would quickly stop attending.
"How many of the newly enlightened vote for Trump or stay home in protest"
I'm not sure how many of the newly enlightened will vote for Trump, but I'm pretty certain the Dems will find a way to make sure the votes of those who stay home go to Biden.
Everybody it seems here in the comment section hates mail in voting - yet Trump won handily in Florida in 2020, the state with the highest mail in votes by percentage in the country..
All nice but let's cut to the chase. It's November 2024. The border is still a sieve. The campuses have calmed down ( hopefully) but what is being taught has changed little ( likewise at blue city public and preo schools,) . The MSM continues to bang the colonizer systemic racism climate drum ( and opposes any limits in abortion, an issue that will be front and center). Inflation is still marching right along. And the debt and deficits are even greater. And interest rates have not budged much. It's Biden v Trump on the ballot. How many of the newly enlightened vote for Trump or stay home in protest all but ensuring 4 more years of the status quo? Until then this is great for articles and cocktail talk.
The campuses have calmed down? Compared to when? There are anti-Israel protests at dozens of universities, and professors are gushing about how wonderful the Hamas attack was. And not, as far as I can tell, getting fired for it.
You are correct on all fronts. My point was that a year from now they HOPEFULLY will be calmer. If I were king I would close the campuses and go to remote learning. After all it seems most of the "students" are wearing masks and afraid of close contact in classrooms and dorms. And in the process the chances for violence would be diminished
And if I were King I'd just close them.
And start over.
Start over needs to begin with K-12.
I don't foresee them being calmer.
If I were king, I would shut down all public universities for a year, with every single professor and administrator losing their job, regardless of tenure. They would not be allowed to reopen until they signed hiring agreements with *ideologically* diverse professors and administrators. Professors who had previously identified themselves as "activists" would not be eligible for rehire under any circumstances.
I’ve said this before, but “activists” are the scourge of our time! They are simply lobbyists for a cause (whether paid or unpaid), and deserve only our scorn and suspicion. Suddenly, everyone is an “activist”: K–12 teachers, university professors/administrators, corporate CEOs, students, workers, bartenders, Uber drivers, you name it, because it is a high status marker.
“Activists” have transformed our society into a tyranny of the minorities. Prior to their reign, most of our society’s structures were created and maintained to serve the greater good (a.k.a. the majority). The result of that was that things functioned well, and most people were happy. But some people were not happy, albeit a small number. Along came the “activists”, and suddenly our society was re-engineered to serve the minority. Now, nothing works very well, and everyone is unhappy. Fabulous! <sarcasm>
We are dreamers no? Here's one more. Since govt pays a huge part of the cost of colleges ( loans and loan guarantees, grants etc), time to treat colleges as adjuncts of govt. Thus all employed are subject to the pay grades of the govt meaning no more 3-5 million salary for university presidents, and reduced salaries for the rest of the admin staff and professors. Remote learning would solve much of this by only having top notch unbiased teachers teaching their areas of expertise. No need for thousands of social science profs and one gender studies prod for the entire country would be plenty
Remote learning would also eliminate the "party school" phenomenon.
In a system like that, I would totally support "free" college for anyone. Only the serious students would continue. The ones who want to party would quickly stop attending.
And then tax their endowments and have all their property subject to property taxes.
"How many of the newly enlightened vote for Trump or stay home in protest"
I'm not sure how many of the newly enlightened will vote for Trump, but I'm pretty certain the Dems will find a way to make sure the votes of those who stay home go to Biden.
100%. Mail-in voting will ensure the downfall of the country more than any policy blunder of the past 100years.
It is the true legacy of the Biden administration, and it will be the ultimate ruin of this country.
Everybody it seems here in the comment section hates mail in voting - yet Trump won handily in Florida in 2020, the state with the highest mail in votes by percentage in the country..
Republican voters there appear to enjoy it.