Pork Barrel Education

Most persons polled believe that higher education is doing a good job, but numerous studies show that American students lag behind foreigners. Dr. Lidz examines higher education'¬"s low standards in light of the following: 1) the disparaging of so-called humanistic education, which seeks to improve those abilities which make humans unique in the animal kingdom-self-reflection and rationality.2) the application to colleges of a business model which focuses exclusively on the enrollment and retention of students.3) political correctness in the form of a affirmative action, sensitivity training and speech codes which impose on schools a vision of what they should be.4) the movement of thought known as postmodernism.