Ron,
This is all well and good, but if turns out to be too difficult in the short term to get the federal government to stop giving taxpayer money to higher education, I suggest my proposal as Plan B. No bureaucracy needed -- let the burden of proof be on the school that wants the money. Just the exercise of trying to prove they're ideologically diverse should do them a world of good. University types who complain about the process should be told something along the lines of "the big government you demanded is now mandatory. If you don't like it, then stop looking to the taxpayers for a handout."
Yours in liberty,
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Dear Starchild;
First things first - why is money taken from taxpayers being sent to fund colleges in the first place? That is as Frederic Bastiat would say is forced philanthropy.
Secondly, who does someone report a college to so this someone or someones can cut off the federal funds? Sounds like another evil government bureaucracy. The evil bureaucracy creating all sorts of laws, rules and regulations on what ideological diversity has to be on the campus to get federal funds. With appointees and funds needed for funding the appointees. Then all sorts of lawyers with all sorts of hopefully public hearings to determine if the college was really not having ideological diversity. Then what do you do to re-authorize the funds when a college does create some ideological diversity? Bah Humbug!
You solve the problem the Libertarian way. Do not not use any taxpayer money to fund any colleges. Then a college can be as politically incorrect as it wishes. Because then they won't have to kowtow to some lengthy list of what you got to do to get federal funds. Thereby having to accept all the laws, rules and regulations dreamed up by all those idiot members of Congress to get the federal funds( taxpayers money).
Ron Getty
SF LibertarianOn Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 05:11 PM, Ronald Getty wrote (in part):
> So just how do you go about creating or imposing or enacting by
> fiat ideological diversity on college campuses? Beats the heck out of
> me.For government colleges, one solution would be to cut the funding of
any institution where there are persistent complaints about ideological
bias until it shows that it has implemented an ideological diversity
plan and is making progress.> There is a contrary situation where a South Bay High Tech VP is
> running for the Board of Governors of Dartmouth. He thinks the college
> is spending to much time and effort and resources on diversity
> courses. They should be instead concentrating on the core basics. He
> wants to stop the diversity programs.That's another approach. I wish him luck.
Yours in liberty,
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