This is a powerful exploration of the debilitating impact that
politically-correct "multiculturalism" has had upon higher education and
academic freedom in the United States. In the name of diversity, many
leading academic and cultural institutions are working to silence
dissent and stifle intellectual life. This book exposes the real impact
of multiculturalism on the institution most closely identified with the
politically correct decline of higher education--Stanford University.
Authored by two Stanford graduates, this book is a compelling insider's
tour of a world of speech codes, "dumbed-down" admissions standards and
curricula, campus witch hunts, and anti-Western zealotry that
masquerades as legitimate scholarly inquiry. Sacks and Thiel use
numerous primary sources--the Stanford Daily, class readings, official
university publications--to reveal a pattern of politicized classes,
housing, budget priorities, and more. They trace the connections between
such disparate trends as political correctness, the gender wars,
Generation X nihilism, and culture wars, showing how these have played a
role in shaping multiculturalism at institutions like Stanford. The
authors convincingly show that multiculturalism is not about learning
more; it is actually about learning less. They end their comprehensive
study by detailing the changes necessary to reverse the tragic
disintegration of American universities and restore true academic
excellence.
