http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=153
It has long been known that left-wing thinking dominates the environment of America’s college campuses. In poll after poll, professors have identified themselves in overwhelming numbers as “liberal.” Now, one group is stepping up to counter the liberal indoctrination with a dose of conservatism.
As covered in the Agape Press’s story Delivering the Conservative Message to Combat Campus Liberal Bias, a new group known as the Network of College Conservatives “vows to expose and combat liberal bias on university campuses.”
Despite this stark imbalance, liberal groups, driven partly by fear and partly by outrage that conservatives are now starting to make inroads, are stepping up their funding. Earlier this year, Howard Kurtz, in the Washington Post, noted that one liberal Washington think tank was “funneling money to universities to encourage liberal journalism.” Kurtz asks, “Isn’t that a bit like pumping sand into the Mojave Desert?”
“We’re not winning the battle of ideas on campus,” says David Halperin, who is running the project for the Center for American Progress. Conservatives “have this insurgency mentality, even though they run the world.”
Hmmm… liberals overwhelmingly dominate the two major institutions of academics and the media and yet conservatives “run the world.” If it were only true! The fact is that conservatives need to step up their efforts to reach college students. This is a crucial time in a young person’s development, and liberal professors and interest groups have a virtual monopoly on what is being fed to these young and inquisitive minds.
More at the link.
It has long been known that left-wing thinking dominates the environment of America’s college campuses. In poll after poll, professors have identified themselves in overwhelming numbers as “liberal.” Now, one group is stepping up to counter the liberal indoctrination with a dose of conservatism.
As covered in the Agape Press’s story Delivering the Conservative Message to Combat Campus Liberal Bias, a new group known as the Network of College Conservatives “vows to expose and combat liberal bias on university campuses.”
Despite this stark imbalance, liberal groups, driven partly by fear and partly by outrage that conservatives are now starting to make inroads, are stepping up their funding. Earlier this year, Howard Kurtz, in the Washington Post, noted that one liberal Washington think tank was “funneling money to universities to encourage liberal journalism.” Kurtz asks, “Isn’t that a bit like pumping sand into the Mojave Desert?”
“We’re not winning the battle of ideas on campus,” says David Halperin, who is running the project for the Center for American Progress. Conservatives “have this insurgency mentality, even though they run the world.”
Hmmm… liberals overwhelmingly dominate the two major institutions of academics and the media and yet conservatives “run the world.” If it were only true! The fact is that conservatives need to step up their efforts to reach college students. This is a crucial time in a young person’s development, and liberal professors and interest groups have a virtual monopoly on what is being fed to these young and inquisitive minds.
More at the link.
