September 18th 2008
Great Moments In Higher Education
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nglish prof Andrew Kent Hallam of Metro State University in Denver gets the Proving Academics Are Bigoted Idiots Award today for this, courtesy of Denver’s CBS news:
Metro State College is investigating a professor who asked students to write an essay critical of Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin. One student said the instructor singled out Republican students in the class and allowed others to ridicule them.
“I was shocked, I was holy cow, this is just an open door for him to discuss politics with us,” said Jana Barber, a student in the class.
Barber shared the first class assignment with CBS4. Instructor Andrew Hallam asked students to write an essay to contradict what he called the ‘fairy tale image of Palin’ presented at the Republican National Convention.
“What the faculty’s responsibility is to provide opportunity for critical thinking and civic engagement so bringing something of relevancy into the classroom was the faculty’s goal,” said Cathy Lucas, spokeswoman for Metro State. “Should he have broadened it and included all the political figures, yes.”
Leftist that he is, Hallam refused to talk to defend his position to the media. Instead, leftist that he is, he changed the assignment.
hat-tip:Jim
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