Academic Follies

Ethnic Warfare at San Francisco State: [hat tip to David Cohen and the Brothers Judd]

SFWeekly details the trials and tribulations of the dean of SF State's "College of Ethnic Studies," another 60's era experiment that has not worked out well. The article concludes: "Perhaps it's time to do something else."That depends, of course, on what the "something else" is. Despite the widespread and persistent abuse of the concept, I still feel that there is a place in academia for serious ethnic studies. Read the whole thing here.

David Cohen posts at BrothersJudd.com, one of the most interesting group blogs going. It is well worth a visit. Much of the writing is from a conservative Christian perspective, but intelligently so. Liberals, secularists and religious non-Christians will find much to interest them here. Check it out.