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Diversity Myth : Multiculturalism and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford by David O. Sacks and Peter A. Thiel (1996, Hardcover)

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PublisherIndependent Institute, T.H.E.

ISBN-100945999429

ISBN-139780945999423

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Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameDiversity Myth : Multiculturalism and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

SubjectMinority Studies, Higher, Administration / Higher

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, Education

AuthorDavid O. Sacks, Peter A. Thiel

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight21.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

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Reviews"There's hardly a better source than this book for learning why multiculturalism on campus cannot work." -Linda Chavez, former director, US Commission on Civil Rights, " The Diversity Myth shows how McCarthyism on the left is as dangerous as it is on the right. Read and weep for what is happening at our colleges." --Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado, "Two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators." —René Girard, professor of comparative literature, Stanford University, " The Diversity Myth shows how McCarthyism on the left is as dangerous as it is on the right. Read and weep for what is happening at our colleges." --Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado, "A great read, and an important and instructive story... will not just cause alarm about our educational institutions, it will inspire renewal." -William Kristol, editor and publisher, The Weekly Standard, "A great read, and an important and instructive story... will not just cause alarm about our educational institutions, it will inspire renewal." -William Kristol, editor and publisher,The Weekly Standard, In a new book, The Diversity Myth , authors David Sacks and Peter Thiel show how Stanford University has incorporated the multicultural agenda into its undergraduate curriculum. The authors note that Stanford's undergraduates can now get credit for such courses as 'Creation/Procreation,' which looks into 'the gendered aspects of cosmological or religious systems,' and 'Gender and Science,' which purports to study science free of outdated assumptions. There is also a feminist studies course titled 'How Tasty Were my French Sisters,' about which I dare not speculate., "A great read, and an important and instructive story... will not just cause alarm about our educational institutions, it will inspire renewal." --William Kristol, editor and publisher, The Weekly Standard, The Diversity Myth shows how McCarthyism on the left is as dangerous as McCarthyism on the right. Read it and weep for what is happening on our college campuses., "A great read, and an important and instructive story... will not just cause alarm about our educational institutions, it will inspire renewal." --William Kristol, editor and publisher, The Weekly Standard, "Two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators." --Ren Girard, professor of comparative literature, Stanford University, The story of The Diversity Myth is based at Stanford, but this book is larger than that. As a Harvard graduate, I recognize my own school in these pages, and quite likely you will too. By detailing the current corruption of our academic ideals with a larger audience, David Sacks and Peter Thiel have hastened the much-needed and long-awaited restoration of higher education., "A great read, and an important and instructive story... will not just cause alarm about our educational institutions, it will inspire renewal." —William Kristol, editor and publisher, The Weekly Standard, "There's hardly a better source than this book for learning why multiculturalism on campus cannot work." --Linda Chavez, former director, US Commission on Civil Rights, "Reveals the intellectual corruption that captured one of our nation's premier universities." -Edwin W. Meese, III, former United States Attorney General, " The Diversity Myth shows how McCarthyism on the left is as dangerous as it is on the right. Read and weep for what is happening at our colleges." —Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado, "Two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators." -René Girard, professor of comparative literature, Stanford University, "By detailing the corruption of our academic ideals, [the authors] have hastened the much-needed and long-awaited restoration of higher education." --Christopher Cox, United States Congressman, There is no higher duty for intellectuals than to denounce incipient totalitarianism wherever they observe it. Some of its symptoms are present at Stanford. In The Diversity Myth , two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness and depth of analysis that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators., "With fascinating and often disheartening detail, The Diversity Myth is the most thorough and detailed account yet available of what "multiculturalism" has meant at a major American university." --Nathan Glazer, professor of education and sociology, Harvard University, Years ago, William Buckley, a very young Yale graduate, authored the seminal critique of higher education in America, God and Man at Yale . Sacks and Thiel, very young Stanford graduates, have now written the sequel. The Diversity Myth confirms the continuing decline of intellectual integrity in our finest colleges and universities and lays bare what must be corrected if higher education is ever to achieve the great potential of which it is capable., "There's hardly a better source than this book for learning why multiculturalism on campus cannot work." -Linda Chavez, former director, US Commission on Civil Rights, The Diversity Myth is a carefully documented and sensitively recorded historical account of the whole tragic saga, together with keen analysis of how all this could have happened. Future historians will find this book indispensable., "A devastating indictment of how a great university came close to being destroyed." -Philip Merrill, president and publisher, Washingtonian, " The Diversity Myth shows how McCarthyism on the left is as dangerous as it is on the right. Read and weep for what is happening at our colleges." -Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado, "By detailing the corruption of our academic ideals, [the authors] have hastened the much-needed and long-awaited restoration of higher education." —Christopher Cox, United States Congressman, "With fascinating and often disheartening detail, The Diversity Myth is the most thorough and detailed account yet available of what "multiculturalism" has meant at a major American university." -Nathan Glazer, professor of education and sociology, Harvard University, "A devastating indictment of how a great university came close to being destroyed." —Philip Merrill, president and publisher, Washingtonian, "Reveals the intellectual corruption that captured one of our nation's premier universities." --Edwin W. Meese, III, former United States Attorney General, "A devastating indictment of how a great university came close to being destroyed." -Philip Merrill, president and publisher,Washingtonian, "With fascinating and often disheartening detail, The Diversity Myth is the most thorough and detailed account yet available of what "multiculturalism" has meant at a major American university." -Nathan Glazer, professor of education and sociology, Harvard University, "Two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators." --René Girard, professor of comparative literature, Stanford University, "By detailing the corruption of our academic ideals, [the authors] have hastened the much-needed and long-awaited restoration of higher education." -Christopher Cox, United States Congressman, "Two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators." -René Girard, professor of comparative literature, Stanford University, "A devastating indictment of how a great university came close to being destroyed." --Philip Merrill, president and publisher, Washingtonian, "With fascinating and often disheartening detail, The Diversity Myth is the most thorough and detailed account yet available of what "multiculturalism" has meant at a major American university." —Nathan Glazer, professor of education and sociology, Harvard University, "The Diversity Myth shows how McCarthyism on the left is as dangerous as it is on the right. Read and weep for what is happening at our colleges." -Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado, "A devastating indictment of how a great university came close to being destroyed." --Philip Merrill, president and publisher, Washingtonian, "By detailing the corruption of our academic ideals, [the authors] have hastened the much-needed and long-awaited restoration of higher education." --Christopher Cox, United States Congressman, "Reveals the intellectual corruption that captured one of our nation's premier universities." --Edwin W. Meese, III, former United States Attorney General, "Reveals the intellectual corruption that captured one of our nation's premier universities." —Edwin W. Meese, III, former United States Attorney General, "By detailing the corruption of our academic ideals, [the authors] have hastened the much-needed and long-awaited restoration of higher education." -Christopher Cox, United States Congressman, "Two recent Stanford graduates document the situation there with a thoroughness that should help stiffen the spine of university administrators." --René Girard, professor of comparative literature, Stanford University, "With fascinating and often disheartening detail, The Diversity Myth is the most thorough and detailed account yet available of what "multiculturalism" has meant at a major American university." --Nathan Glazer, professor of education and sociology, Harvard University, "There's hardly a better source than this book for learning why multiculturalism on campus cannot work." —Linda Chavez, former director, US Commission on Civil Rights, "Reveals the intellectual corruption that captured one of our nation's premier universities." -Edwin W. Meese, III, former United States Attorney General, "There's hardly a better source than this book for learning why multiculturalism on campus cannot work." --Linda Chavez, former director, US Commission on Civil Rights

SynopsisThis 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., 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."

LC Classification NumberLD3030.S33 1995