Penn & Tellar Bullshit

Did anyone else see the recent Penn & Teller Bullshit episode about college? Even more of a reason to be a distance education student vice a B&M student in my mind.

For those that didn't see the show it was mostly talking about how freedom of speech has been taken away on most college campuses in the name of diversity. They also discussed the ratio of democrat and republican faculty members in colleges across the country, some schools as high as 34:1 (democrats/republicans).

Interesting and insightful show.

 

Is 34:1 democrat to republican a bad thing in an academic environment?

 

One of my favorite shows. I do not know why they need all the swearing though.

 

The most recent comprehensive HERI study* shows
48% liberal
34% moderate
18% conservative

That's rather dramatically different from a 34 to 1 ratio.

Perhaps this thread should be moved to Politics where it belongs.
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* http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/act_pr_02.html

 

John,

You're right, I placed it in the wrong forum. Please feel free to move it to the correct forum.

 

I think a lopsided view of anything is a bad thing. I would like to see academia balanced and not leaning so far right or left.

 

Most of the show dealt with how colleges had suffered in the name of diversity. However, part of it dealt with how some people have found success without having a college degree. Penn has no degree, while Teller was doing accounting or something like that before those two got together. I have managed to achieve a certain amount of success without a degree, but I know not having one has cost me a few job opportunities. I have finally decided on a major, and am in the process of lining up my financial aid now.

It is interesting that there is a lot of focus on traditional degrees in today's society, while at the same time there is a shortage of skilled labor such as plumbers, electricians, mechanics, etc.

I happen to like the Bullsh*t show. It's very funny.

 

Who knows? Could it be that only 1/35 as many Republicans have enough brains to get the advanced degrees necessary to get a professorship? Or could it be that only 1/35 as many Republicans are dumb enough to take the low pay of academia when they could make much, much more in the private sector?