In an October 17, 2020, American Thinker article titled 'Academic Teachers and Political Activists', John M. Ellis, a distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, argued rightly that the only way to begin teaching our children to think analytically, productively, and independently is to replace the pure political activists in academia with true academics. As much as I agree with him, I can't readily see how that can be accomplished. What kind of litmus test could be administered? While there are certainly many post-graduates who have not been tainted by activist ideologies, they are in the minority. How can they be singled out? Obviously, the majority of candidates who will have passed out of our K-18 system any time in the past 40 years will have been indoctrinated as anti-American Marists. And, of course, the hiring authorities and senior administrators are in that category. In this environment, I don't think a changing of the guard can be accomplished. Rather the entire system needs to be abolished and rebuilt from scratch and that can only occur when the money runs out, which it will as enrollment continues to decrease. It will require a bunch of failures, starts, and stops but over time it will achieve the desired balance.
Academic Teachers and Political Activists - American Thinker (americanthinker.com)
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