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This is a powerful exploration of the debilitating impact that
politically-correct "multiculturalism" has had upon higher
education and academic freedom in the United States. In the name of
diversity, many leading academic and cultural institutions are
working to silence dissent and stifle intellectual life. This book
exposes the real impact of multiculturalism on the institution most
closely identified with the politically correct decline of higher
education--Stanford University. Authored by two Stanford graduates,
this book is a compelling insider's tour of a world of speech
codes, "dumbed-down" admissions standards and curricula, campus
witch hunts, and anti-Western zealotry that masquerades as
legitimate scholarly inquiry. Sacks and Thiel use numerous primary
sources--the Stanford Daily, class readings, official university
publications--to reveal a pattern of politicized classes, housing,
budget priorities, and more. They trace the connections between
such disparate trends as political correctness, the gender wars,
Generation X nihilism, and culture wars, showing how these have
played a role in shaping multiculturalism at institutions like
Stanford. The authors convincingly show that multiculturalism is
not about learning more; it is actually about learning less. They
end their comprehensive study by detailing the changes necessary to
reverse the tragic disintegration of American universities and
restore true academic excellence.
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