Coroners in the Academy

Abstract

Abstract During the past seven years the right has gradually taken over public discourse concerning intellectual life in America. Self-hating liberal academics now add their voices to the chorus, as Allan Bloom and other neo-conservatives rage against the sins of higher education. Falling in lock step behind Secretary of Education William Bennett, administrators and academic committees have joined a crusade for “accountability” that promises students no less than urine tests and civics exams upon graduation. With each new Book-of-the-Month Club selection, with each “official” report on the dismal state of historical knowledge among seventeen year olds, the airwaves and newspapers fill with interviews of seemingly benign and level-headed neo-conservative “experts,” who warn us that the nation's culture is weakened and defenseless, thanks to rock music and a lack of vigilance on the part of liberals.

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