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To: Sully- who wrote (8981)	4/1/2005 7:58:04 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

PRESTOPUNDIT TODD ZYWICKI takes on the question "does intellectual diversity matter?" His posting comes in partial reply to my comments on Todd's earlier post regarding survey results showing an overwhelming leftwing tilt among professors on America's college campuses. Quotable: <<< One of our major goals as educators is to educate individuals who can participate as citizens in the governance of a free and democratic society. If not, then I can't understand why the taxpayers of many states subsidize colleges. If so, it seems to me that it is imperative that students be exposed to all viewpoints about the world and to learn to evaluate the truth and resonance of competing world views. Living together as citizens in a free society, and having the kinds of connections and conversations that make that possible, requires developing a depth of understanding that cannot be created in an atmosphere of one-sided intellectual orthodoxy. It is a pretty short road from the impoverished discussions in modern universities to the idiocy of Michael Moore and red v. blue America .. volokh.com >>> Posted by Greg Ransom hayekcenter.org hayekcenter.org volokh.com

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