Just one man’s perspective but maybe it can add something to this particular thread of the discussion.LUEngineer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:50 pm it’s not about sexism & rascist but more about liberalizing everything toward Marxism on our beautiful campus. Conservative rugged individualism has been replaced by equity of outcomes where virtually everyone gets A’s & B’s & standard testing is being eliminated for determining admission.
Coursework is no longer geared toward preparing students for careers as it is to promote the liberal agenda espoused by faculty/staff to prepare students to change their values from those instilled by their parents.
Lehigh is simply now part of the left wing agenda that started on other campuses as far back as the 70’s but only arrived at Lehigh since the turn of the century.
I was one of few self-described conservatives in most classes I took. The reality is there were likely many more than I realized but they were often too scared to speak up for obvious reasons. And I graduated 20 years ago. This is just to say that the hostility toward non-progressive ideology isn’t really new.
But I also want to challenge both the conservative and progressive sides on the issue as to how the dominant political ideology on campus impacts the quality’s of the education.
It’s my observation and opinion that BOTH sides have fallen prey to the same animal and both are detrimental to education- a total unwillingness to engage the other side in good faith facts and objective reason. Both sides just dismiss the other as crazy or racist or America-hating or something.
Between literally banning books; virtue signaling; stifling speech; challenging objective reality, etc both sides really seem to be making the same mistakes to suit their own ideological goals. Lehigh, like many schools, has fallen into this trap and it’s terrible for the culture and the education students receive.
Neither returning to the 50’s nor embracing the dominant Marxist fetishism (oh so very real- not sarcastic) will do a damn thing to improve the culture or education of our alma mater.
Just my opinion, obviously.