tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17475707.post107299675108399369..comments2023-07-20T02:54:39.833-06:00Comments on lybberty.com: Bias In Higher EducationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17475707.post-16090149638649812642008-04-02T16:01:00.000-06:002008-04-02T16:01:00.000-06:00Good points. I know the term "postmodern" is thro...Good points. <BR/><BR/>I know the term "postmodern" is thrown around a lot and can mean a wide variety of things. However, there are ways of being both conservative and postmodern. There are ways of being postmodern without being ideological.<BR/><BR/>I think something similar could be said for most of the other -isms you've mentioned. <BR/><BR/>It seems like the problem has less to do with a belief in specific -isms, and more to do with arrogance and ideology. As you say, "Problems arise when the echo chambers they inhabit begin to make them think that their biases are the way the world is, rather than just one perspective"<BR/><BR/>Which, by the way, can be seen as a description of the way some postmodernists see the world.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964188641889171544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17475707.post-55994507329051760452008-04-02T15:52:00.000-06:002008-04-02T15:52:00.000-06:00This is interesting. Liberal professoriate (good w...This is interesting. Liberal professoriate (good word) at BYU..haha <BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are instances of liberal biases in certain classes and even liberal trends in some departments (English). But wouldn't you imagine there is a greater bias to the right even among grad-level professors? I really have no empirical data to back that up, but it just seems at a school like BYU, the conservative ideology would be well represented (Doesn't BYU's law program have a huge emphasis on protecting the traditional family?)<BR/><BR/>I've never been bothered much by the political persuasions of those that instruct me. Perhaps I'm merely aware that everyone has a bias that most be taken into account when evaluating their argument. <BR/><BR/>Another, more surreptitious bias in education at BYU is the propensity of the administration to invest in only the top 5% of its student body. The majority of scholarship programs, internships, and extracurriculars are intended for those students who would be successful no matter where they attended college (you know, the ones that turned down MIT to be around those of their same faith). While they certainly deserve access to these opportunities, BYU is largely ignoring the very qualified 5%-15% of the student body that could excel if giving access to similar opportunities.<BR/><BR/>BYU's, of course, is trying to bolster the prestige of the university by obtaining road scholars and such. That's a fair motivation. Its just sad that its being done at the expense of the rest of the student body.Jansen Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840485053803967354noreply@blogger.com