I have a secret to share.

Academics don’t like Western Culture, and they aren’t afraid to shout that from the rooftops. They are very passionate in their hatred. They announce it every day in the classroom.

Students are genuinely scared to disagree because they are pretty sure the professor will punish them, which reduces the value of the $100,000/year in tuition and fees they pay for the privilege of being harangued.

A new survey of nearly 2,200 students at five Chicago-area universities found 84% felt pressure to criticize Western civilization to succeed academically, while roughly 3 in 4 reported holding back their opinions. …

… Every university any of these students attend was founded to promote Western ideals, and until recently the Western canon formed the backbone of the education they provided.

So I assume it comes as a major surprise to my readers that the core curriculum is now characterized as THE WEST IS BAD!

Just kidding. We all know that, but many Americans still don’t, which is why it remains a $2 trillion industry that gets hundreds of billions poured into it by taxpayers. …

… America faces deep disagreements over its history, institutions, politics, and future. Addressing those problems requires citizens willing to challenge the ideas institutions teach them to accept, test arguments against opposing evidence, and speak openly when doing so carries a social or professional risk. …

… When students were asked whether challenging a professor’s negative view of Western culture could result in a lower grade, 83 percent agreed or strongly agreed. When asked whether challenging a professor’s positive view could hurt their grade, only 14 percent agreed. …

… The institutions have been captured by the radical Left, which aims to use the positions of power (and the money) to destroy the West.

David Strom, Hotair