Academic Senate
2007-2008 |
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From Dave Clemens, 9/2/2007
The stakes are rather high. Let me quote briefly
from CCA President Carolyn Inmon’s State of the Union address of February 2006:
National
Battle #5 -- Academic Freedom:
Bestselling author, David Horowitz,
has written a book entitled The Professors.
A reviewer states that Horowitz “reveals
a shocking and perverse culture of academics that are poisoning the minds of
today's college students.” The Inside Flap is even better.
“Coming to a Campus near You: Terrorists,
racists, and communists. You know them as professors. And far from being
harmless, they spew violent anti-Americanism, preach anti-Semitism, and cheer on
the killing of American soldiers. All the while collecting tax-dollars and
tuition to indoctrinate our children.” The linkage of
tax-dollars and terrorist teachers spells possible doom for academic freedom and
funding as we know them.
In Conclusion:
We are embattled to be sure.
Critics are trying to demonize us, silence us, and take away our retirement, our
independence and our academic freedom.
Administrators are pretending to be poor – except for their salaries and those
of their lawyers – and are creating a statewide data base to destroy us.
Legislators are abandoning the dream of a free college education and ignoring
the abuse of part-time faculty.
Public education is fighting for its
life and you and I are the soldiers.