Remarking on the relation between education and politics, Joseph Stalin observed that “the writer is the engineer of the human soul.”In Stalinist fashion, today’s campuses are endeavoring to rewrite the souls of engineers. With this latest assault on science and human reason, one begins to wonder whether these universities are simply begging to become targets for state defunding. The most recent case in point: On July 24, Louisiana State University (LSU) concluded its second annual Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM) RII Symposium. Regular readers of this column know that, over the past several decades, ideology has replaced scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, as well as in the education and social work fields. As reported in Campus Reform, Sara Hernandez, Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student Engagement at Cornell University, and Dr. Jenna Carpenter, Dean of Engineering at Campbell University, moderated LSU’s “implicit bias” seminar.

Source: Forbes August 15, 2017 19:30 UTC