An interesting thought on Higher Education
Sums it up nicely -- from
The Chronicle of Higher Education:
What's the Matter With Cultural Studies?
The popular discipline has lost its bearings
By Michael B�rub�
In the spring, I was asked to participate in a plenary panel at the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.), and the opportunity led me to rethink the history of the field. The session's title was "The University After Cultural Studies." As is my wont on such occasions, I decided to take issue with the idea that the field has had such an impact on American higher education that we can talk about the university after cultural studies.
For what kind of impact has cultural studies had on the American university as an institution over the past 20 or 25 years? The field began in Britain in the late 1950s with a Marxist critique of culture by Richard Hoggart and Raymond Williams, as the British New Left broke with the Communist Party's defense of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Emphasis mine -- exactly my thoughts... Considering the origins of "cultural studies" and considering that there has never been a successful Marxist or Communist state, I begin to wonder just who it is that is running these institutes of Higher Education and who is inculcating the brains of our children with such rubbish.
Are "prestigious" Universities going to be the next big bubble?
I know our local trade schools and community colleges are doing a booming business and are being forced to expand...
Posted by DaveH at September 15, 2009 1:43 PM