The Politically Correct University: Problems, Scope, and Reforms [Paperback]

Robert Maranto (Author, Contributor), Fredrick Hess (Author), Richard Redding (Author), John Agresto (Contributor), Stephen H. Balch (Contributor), Hank Brown (Contributor), Paul A. Cantor (Contributor), James W. Ceaser (Contributor), John B. Cooney (Contributor), Victor Davis Hanson (Contributor), Frederick M. Hess (Contributor), April Kelly-Woessner (Contributor), Daniel B. Klein (Contributor), S Robert Lichter (Contributor), John McWhorter (Contributor), Anne D. Neal (Contributor), William O'Donohue (Contributor), James Piereson (Contributor), Michael B. Poliakoff (Contributor), Richard E. Redding (Contributor), Stanley Rothman (Contributor), Charlotta Stern (Contributor), Matther Woessner (Contributor), Peter Wood (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2009

The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for those who want American universities to eschew political correctness." — Michael Barone, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Editorial Reviews

Review

Political correctness is one of the primary enemies of freedom of thought in higher education today, undermining our ability to acquire, transmit, and process knowledge. Political correctness limits the variation of ideas by an ideologically driven concern for hue rather than view. This volume is not simply another rant; there are good data here, along with well-crafted, hard-to-ignore logical interpretations and arguments. It is the sort of work that those who adhere to idea-limiting notions of the university will try to trivialize. That alone should make it important reading. (Michael Schwartz, president emeritus, Kent State University and Cleveland State University )

About the Author

Frederick M. Hess is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at AEI.

Robert Maranto is the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the department of education reform at the University of Arkansas.

Richard E. Redding is an associate dean and professor of law at Chapman University School of Law.

Product Details

• Paperback: 325 pages
• Publisher: AEI Press (October 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844743178
• ISBN-13: 978-0844743172
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.7 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,415,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)