In a blog post five years ago I observed that it was fairly obvious that conservatives controlled public higher education and pleaded for them to take care of our institutions. They're failing. insidehighered.com/blogs/just-vis…
My blog post from 5 years ago covered incidents from Wisconsin, Louisiana, and the same board in North Carolina. insidehighered.com/blogs/just-vis…
Instead of dealing with these truly existential threats, we have groups like @HdxAcademy (now 5000 strong!) gnawing on the "problem" of "viewpoint diversity" as though our institutions aren't being crushed under the boot of reactionary political forces.
My point at the time of my original blog post five years ago and my post today is that these activist conservatives have no care for the overall health of the institution they're called to lead. It is identical to how the majority of republicans now operate in Congress.
They view institutions as "spoils" which can be seized and controlled through force, rather than as stewards of a mission beholden to stakeholders. It is difficult to destroy a flagship university, but if it's going to happen, this is how.
Does anyone think that the ideologues who run the UNC Board of Governors would hesitate to destroy an entire university system if the alternative was ceding control to their political opponents? I hope no one is that naive.
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