Political advocacy corrupts academic institutions. Why? Because the mind-set of a genuine academic teacher is in every important respect the opposite of a political activist’s. Academic teachers want to promote independent thought and analytical skills; political activists want conformity. The one fosters intellectual curiosity and encourages opposing viewpoints; the latter seeks to shut it down…
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ellis-uc-bias-20120520,0,6773276.story