When companies make donations they gain power over the university, they gain popularity and get advertisement. On the other hand, the university looses autonomy, values, freedom and liberty to make their own decisions. In other words, universities become dependent on such corporations. According to the author this is a bad reputation for the university because it causes the public to think everything said or mentioned may be unreliable or influenced by these corporations. Therefore, the university loses credibility.
Dictator Puongyang in North Korea used technology and propaganda to “herd-poison” the masses to gain power. Hitler did the same thing. Adolph Hitler’s core value judgment was that “masses are utterly contemptible and that their behavior is determined not by knowledge and reason, but by feelings of unconscious drives”. Huxley states in the chapter that “they had been genetically standardized and postnatally
These days liberal and liberty have become words so mired in controversy, embraced and reviled as they have been by the far ends of the political spectrum, that we scarcely know how to use them without turning them into slogans—but they can hardly be separated from this educational tradition. Liberal derives from the Latin liberalis, meaning “of or relating to the liberal arts,” which in turn derives from the Latin word liber, meaning “free.” But the word actually has much deeper roots, being akin to the Old English word
Peter Berkowitz, a professor of Stanford University in “Our Compassless Colleges” argues about liberal education in American universities. He proceeds by saying that liberal education in Universities is not structured correctly and that could lead the students to have problems in the long run. Furthermore Berkowitz stated that liberal education in universities provide only superficial-knowledge and not true education. As he sets many questions about who is truly an educated person and to support his ideas about the wrong guidance that universities give to the students, he gives as a major example one of the best universities worldwide, the Harvard University. Berkowitz claimed that although Harvard is a very good university in terms of certificate
One point he addresses is this generation focuses too much with online sites and needs to approach things as they did in the past. They need to approach situations by involving themselves physically and not online. Another point Friedman discusses is that the rising generation is putting themselves out there by exploring the world, and helping others. Finally, a third point he addresses is that “Generation Q” needs to be worried on problems from the past generation, “the Greediest Generation” (Friedman 8). If “Generation Q” does not approach and pay any attention to some of the issues from the past generation, people in the youth are going to waste most of their lives “digging out from the deficits” left behind from the previous generation (Friedman 8).
By stating this he is suggesting that in this country it is not about what you know but who you know. Sadly meaning a mediocre education has the same amount of significance as a spectacular education. This strategy can bring the audience closer to his side because he is proving the fact that our nation is in fact ran by idiots. Another rhetorical strategy Moore proposes is the use of a sarcastic tone throughout his excerpt. “Chances are, the genius representing you in the legislature won’t score 50 percent on the above test” (Moore 132).
While that might be the case in many instances, freedom of speech is a more positive advantage than a negative threat and abridging it is against the First Amendment. In his essay "Regulating Racist Speech on Campus", Charles Lawrence writes "I am troubled that we have not listened to the real victims, that we have shown so little understanding of their injury, and that we have abandoned those whose, race, gender, or sexual preference countinues to make them second- class citizens." He implies that freedom of speech thretens minorities because it allows racial insults and offensive speech. However, the same took that is used against minorities can be used to fight back. Freedom of speech can be used for them to defend themselves.
The authors suggest that education should inspire people to act towards the whole rather than on the parts. Another area the authors talk about is the academic rigor involved in the academy. The academic rigor the universities publish is mostly relating to course work. I think as a student who hears that the program in the university is academically rigorous is intimidating. I thing rigor is an overused word that every colleges advertise to make the program seem
I understand that there are many annoying people in the world, but the internet is where people can truly express their true nature. I will admit that I change a little bit when I’m on the internet. I have categorized the most frequent people I've seen comment or posted photos on Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media website. The most frequent person I've seen on a social media website like facebook would be the attention girl. Now the attention girl could either be a guy or girl that would post or take a picture of herself to get attention.
The Internet can do everything, and it is an incredible way for people all over the world to stay in contact and learn about each other. Sadly, with all these features there also comes much trouble. Cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking and identitytheft are just some of the problems that the Internet has caused. This, however, is about how Canadian-American feminist, media critic and blogger Anita Sarkeeshian became the victim of extreme online harassment specifically based on her gender and feminist viewpoints. In her speech “Online Harassment and Cyber Mobs” from 2012, she addresses this situation and starts a discussion about how especially online gaming portrays the female part of our world.