I have been teaching college classes for 30 years. Number of trigger warnings = 0. Too much hype about something that happens at little private colleges in the North East overgeneralized.
Are you in a smallish city? Those of us in the State schools are on fire with hyper-leftist vigilantism and aggression. The new one is a growing anti-Semitism that is brash and out in the open. Oddly, young women are less feminist, due to their gender confusion.
There have been dozens of protests at large public institutions outside of New England. I do agree that the media often misrepresents issues in order to stir the pot, but I disagree with your opinion. As an aside, it would be nice if Americans could have wildly varying opinions and yet agree to disagree without wanting to annihilate the other side.
I do agree that massive violent attacks by leftists happen in California universities when a conservative shows up. The videos showing this are legion.
After a long career in banking and finance, I began lecturing in my former university's not-for-credit program directed to senior adults. The great thing about this type of classroom program is the diversity of life experience and formal educational attainment of the "students" who participate. That first semester, I taught a course on the lives and thinking of the founding fathers. One of the participants was one of my former professors. Every semester since then, whether I have taught history or political economy or something else, there are almost always a few retired professors on whom I can call to add their knowledge to the discussions.
Just weird. I went to George Mason University. That place is packed full of different points of views and people from different backgrounds. Nothing ground breaking about this school. They just want to pat themselves on the back and overgeneralize universities. They just want to feel special. I love the debates at the university I teach at and the ones at GMU. This is an elitist issue not a university issue. They just love to whine.
The active suppression of free speech should worry everyone. Even if you are not affected by it now, it may be used against you one day. The only way to battle bad information is with better information. Free speech should never be relinquished.
The point they should have accentuated more was the subtle ways in which the "75%" of liberal professors have turn education into leftist indoctrination, radicalizing young people to aggression that defeats open discussions around the table. Have you noticed we no longer have broadcasts of thinkers and gurus speaking civilly around issues? Even universities don't do this where you would think they would. Instead, they will allow shut down and violent attacks on any guests who don't tow the liberal view.
IDK I'm thinking the few people who founded it will get bored with it and move on, letting the students hold the bag. Is it even accredited if they don't have science classes? Math? I don't see how the college will have the resources to carry it through the years that are coming when students lose interest in the politics surrounding "woke" .
I like how the state controlled by one party for like 30 years somehow finds a way to blame every problem on the opposition party. In fact, they even invent problems out of thin air to blame on the opposition party. Theres so many problems in our state and instead of address those problems its just a big blame game.
@evanmarshall3487 youre so desperate to be a victim. Everyone's a victim now. If school wasn't for you it wasn't for you. Stop trying to change everything because you failed.
"Challenging norms." But UATX is not challenging norms. UATX is actually reinforcing old norms. I'd respect the mission of this school more if it weren't so firmly based on this Westernized, white perspective of what constitutes intellectual debate. That's not expanding the mind. That isn't inviting innovation. And it certainly isn't taking two opinions and walking away with a better one. This is just as much of an echo chamber as the most liberal universities in this country. Just a different echo is being bounced around within its walls. I find it interesting that the day after this piece aired, the New York Times ran a story with this headline: How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism So, whose voices are actually being silenced here?
@@LoisAGrimm It most certainly is challenging the norms. The norms are the institutional orthodoxy that prevails in the universities today which is what you want. Namely a self hatred of our western civilization. A Woke white guilt driven curriculum. What you’re saying when you say “I’d respect the mission of this school if it weren’t so firmly based on this Westernized, white perspective…”is that you want this university to succumb to the norm of the typical university especially the Ivy Leagues. Expanding the mind is what the universities don’t want. Seeking safe spaces from uncomfortable ideas. This is all done because for some of these students feel triggered by anything western. Also the Western experience is not all about white people. Any good western survey course almost always starts with the roots in the Near Eastern World. Nothing wrong with learning about non Western civilizations but we barely know our own beyond the unthinking protest chants. We need a university that focuses on that which we are the inheritors of. Our civilization and we have nothing to be ashamed of that.
@@LoisAGrimm It most certainly is challenging them. The norms are the institutional orthodoxy of the universities today that use as their litmus test DEI which is a suffocant for intellectual diversity and freedom of thought and expression. When you say “I’d respect the mission of this school more if it weren’t so firmly based on this Westernized, white perspective…” what you’re saying is you want it to conform to the self hatred of other universities. Self hatred of western civilization, self hatred of being white. The reason to focus on western civilization is because it’s our civilization and we don’t know it beyond that the protest bumper sticker chants. Nothing wrong with studying non Western civilization but we barely know our own. We need to focus on our own heritage. Most Western civilization survey courses almost always begin with its roots in the Ancient Near East. Regardless, western civilization is a great and beautiful civilization that has fostered freedoms such as expression, to criticize, skepticism, to question the sacred, to understand questions of our humanity.
@@WinstonWolfe73 Anyone who interacts with politics knows that it is far easier, cheaper and safer to manipulate the thoughts of other and raise the volume of their ideas than it is to censor people. That is why it is so attractive for lower class peoples to be tempted by censorship. Because they think it is the only balancing force in regards to how money=ideologicalPropagation We often ignore the danger for the purposes of power gain. And that is a dangerous road to travel. And it is easily manipulated by people with real economic or social power.
@@WinstonWolfe73 All that being said, if people with large amounts of power are censoring people...then we have a far mire serious problem than basic social dynamics and fringe activists.
They are groundbreaking because they are not *permitted* and *openly discussed* in most academic environments. Conservative views are just as important as liberal ones. We (the USA) need both, the adversarial relationship must be between the press and political parties (all parties), not between Americans and political views.
Are you serious? Tenured professors have been dismissed simply for stating that sex is binary. If a university can censor its professors, it can just as easily censor its students. “Wrongthink” isn’t just insidious -it’s dangerous.
There were a couple of red flags for me when Pano Kanelos said they don’t pay any attention to protected classes (race, sex, etc) during admissions. A much better answer would have been “we don’t discriminate”. Also, when the interviewer said, “I’ve got to tell you, we didn’t see a particularly diverse student body”, Ferguson’s answer was “We are putting energy into finding talent of an intellectual variety”, which could have been construed in a negative way, but clearly, they have not understood civil rights laws, and have adopted the false idea that colleges have been legally required to offer a certain percentage of spots to minorities.
For the answer regarding protected classes, he responded "we don't take any of that into consideration in admission," so isn't that basically the same as saying we don't discriminate? Discrimination is defined as "to make a difference in treatment or favor other than individual merit." He went on to say he cares "about the mind," ie merit.
America, and indeed the world, is in a state of transition. The turmoil we have seen over the past few decades results from this. The United States is not rally united. Average Americans seem to be stressed out. This is evident in the antisocial behavior that we hear or read about almost every day. The most challenging issues for this country are extreme materialism and racism. Until we overcome them there will be no true peace.
This is nothing new. Despite the creation of publicly-funded schools all across the nation as the main tool of assimilation, people of different ethnicity, race, religion and cultural backgrounds continue to be challenged to live cooperatively alongside one another. Our system of laws also plays a central role, causing the accelerating concentration of income and wealth at the very top. Toward the end of the 19th century, the American political economist Henry George foresaw what would happen if systemic reforms were not adopted. His books on the issues sold millions of copies, translated into many languages. His ideas served to help create new political parties in quite a few countries. In the end, those who controlled things won the day. Monopoly privilege prevailed, softened for several decades by the inroads of social democracy, but since the late 1970s has been back on the course Henry George warned of. And, yes, we will never have true peace until the reforms Henry George argued for are adopted.
Your job as an educator is to teach, not to influence. You leave your political and personal beliefs at the door. That is the problem with education in this country. Some teachers think it's their job to express their personal beliefs onto their students.
Leftist thinker and educator John Dewey taught all education is indoctrination of some sort. The problem is: the leftist view is inherently radical and employs revolution type tactics of violence and mayhem to overthrow what they claim is a corrupt establishment. They aspire to fill that power-vacuum with Socialism and Marxism. Young people love that idealism but don't really know what it is when one day they visit Russia or North Korea and see what it's like in practice.
oh, you mean the hallowed out time of the year people go crazy over commercialization and merchandising to get people to buy stuff they don't really need to fill the void in the lives? This piece is getting us to value the democratic ways of learning and discussing that preserve our freedoms which today, I dare say we appreciate as much as should.
This seems like a private school for the founders' kids and friends. Good for them. It's interesting. This may mean that more professors will be inspired to pursue new university start ups.
This seems extremely fishy and I won’t be surprised if there is an embezzling scandal in a few years followed by lawsuits from students who feel “betrayed”
And the students not only do not pay tuition but all have access to extremely well paying internships. Taking out thousands in loans to attend college with no guarantee of employment after is much more of a scam
Suprised to see actual journalism from 60 minutes. This school is going somewhere. 100% top employers are going to quietly be recruiting these students.
Well it works both ways you want your views then you can’t try to oppress the left as a political party either in our society. Not necessarily targeting universities with this statement
Every year that goes by I am validated in my decision to stop watching 60 Minutes. However, I feel like this is a new low, a puff piece produced to glorify a pet project of billionaire conservatives. Though, I will say this is at least funnier than the piece that caused me to stop watching, which was when you tried to present a story on Edward Snowden reported by an NSA Agent as objective journalism.
I know about UATX because I turned to the UK feminists and academics since the voices were absent from American discourse. I found Prof. Kathleen Stock and the rest was history. I even talked about moving from NE to Austin to study with her. Their voices are refreshing and much needed!
You have no clue what "silencing" is at the universities here in California is like evidently. It means you need a multi-throng police escort because special interest groups rally misled students in violent riots and attacks on guests who come to speak by invitation of a professor or a legit student group. Then, they create "bomb scares" to disrupt the meeting, pulling fire alarms so these events can't be held. If they attend, they flood the event with loud devices, bull horns, screamers yelling profanity to Out- Noise you so you can't be heard in a civil manner. This is regular in California and many of these left schools. You just have no clue how effective they are in this method; its destroy open and free discussion of ideas, but Uni officials do not create safe learning environments.
Did you watch the video? They won't be accredited until the first class graduates - the standard for new universities. Maybe you're butthurt you didn't get an offer?
@@Just-Human I'm not trying to be rude, but it's clear you don't understand the importance of accreditation as it relates to the protection of students and their investment into education.
going to college where people were so ignorantly far left that they couldn't take any common sense counter arguments pushed me away from voting left, I'm glad there's finally some common sense push back to this
This is how our society solves problems that becomes extreme. We have people that are willing to launch organizations and risk their livelihood for the potential to make significant change.
Well respected academics have been significantly concerned with these problems for a fairly long time. And many of them dabble very little in actual politics. Lawrence Krauss is a good example. Also he knows alot about obscure physics and quantum mechanics. Cool dude. Publicly, I think he is mostly politically neutral.
IT ALL BOIL DOWN TO ONCE AGAIN THAT OPINIONS ARE BASE ON COMPLETE CONTROL…..IF I CONVINCE YOU TO BELIEVE ARE VALUE MY OPINION THEN I CONTROL YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS….🙄
Never understood people who went to college for social stuff...my classmates would be in the library doing math problems all day everyday while people were protesting and doing social stuff
Most college students are technically adults but they aren't adults emotionally. The " social stuff" is necessary for them. STEM people, like you, have a logical focus.
@@SpinnerSingh There are no social clubs that are free. We live in a time where everything either has an entry fee, or a monthly subscription. This aint 1985, genius.
Interesting that they don’t mention that the standardized tests they use for admissions are proven to be classist, racist, and sexist. But tell me more about your diverse student population.
@@lucagattoni-celli1377 I tried to post a link, but it was taken down. If you search for SAT test and bias, and then read sources by non-profit education organizations, you can read the long history of these issues. GPA in high school is actually the best predictor of success in college, though that certainly has its limitations too.
@@reddeserted13and youre wrong on both statements. the student body interview contained students from both ends of the ideological spectrum. Or maybe you werent actually paying attention bc you already had made up your mind before pressing play.
@safuu202 Sir, I know about sample sizes and the reason why students were chosen to do interviews. Also, that has nothing to do with the people who founded it, most of whom are conservative This whole agenda is a conservative one. They admit it. They're proud of it. They don't want to be part of supposedly liberal institutions of higher education. That's why the whole thing was created. A little window dressing notwithstanding.
It is so interesting that FREE SPEECH is sought out but only if it does not include it coming from racially diverse students. Hmm??? Is the UTAX deluding itself because race is uncomfortable for them? Plus an individual that has benefited from his UKness, meaning a Brit, guiding an American learning institution. Basically, an immigrant influencing AMERICA. SO SO so interesting...
I am all in for candid, often uncomfortable speech, however why no racial diversity in this first group of scholars? Color does inform lived experience which in turn can be a tremendous opportunity for learning. In short, why not STRIVE for both? Striving for BOTH would embody the academic excellence that we all seek for our country.
Almost Everyone has tremendous obstacles of different types to overcome. Stop w the Identity politics already. People will judge you on how you treat them and your positive attitude.
Its one of the smallest universities in the country which just had an inagural class. Lets revisit this in 10 to 20 years to see how the expanded student body looks then.
@@stillastillsfan It is comical that it becomes identity politics when members of society seek to be part of the conversation of the direction of our lovely nation. Hmm. So interesting... If the landscape looks like oneself, everything else is "identity politics". So interesting....
@@stillastillsfan Obstacles are always relative. The POINT is to learn from ONE ANOTHER and that INCLUDES race, gender, abled bodied, and orientation. Diversity of thought and experience STRENGTHS us.
UATX ... Another Eurocentric Bible school. HELLA NOT diverse, but apparently merit based? FYI: Texas is 40+% Latino. This is just another OVERTLY RIGHTEOUS SCHOOL FOR THE PRIVELIGED. I wouldn't go there! I wouldn't send any of my family there either! The place looks stifling!!!! Yes, I live in Fort Worth, Tejas. ❤
Thank goodness for this piece! Ideological Diversity Matters too. A free marketplace of ideas means including free expression of ideas that you may not like or disagree with. Students and Faculties should not be self-censoring for fear of committing wrongthink.
If you are looking for bright diversity of the mind, but it results then in not a diverse ethnic student population are you then pushing an agenda of one ethnicity. We need to find ways to include the contribution of all societies and ethnicities . History teaches us that valuable scientific and humane growth came out of a variety of all the cultures: Asian, Turkish, Egyptian , African, Indian and more not just European
Affirmative action lump summed over half of population on earth to one ethnicity- Asian regardless of their history, skin color or background. It is laughable democrats stress out the importance of diversity yet they think Lebanese, Indians, Chinese and Thai all share the common skin color and cultural background. Hispanics are not that of minority and they range of people from Venezuela to rich country like Span.
Nah. The best response to stupid ideas is better ideas. If you play the same game, all you will do is create a feedback loop of censorship, social hierarchy manipulation and further complex difficulties regarding the protections of basic civil liberties and human rights.
@@py_a_thon They dont really need to cancel the left now that social media is wide open and conservatives can share competing ideas. The GOP was getting crushed for years because democrats controlled 99 percent of the press. But now with the internet any conservative can sit in his basement and share his thoughts for free. Conservative ideas just make more sense. Liberals are finished
I went to University in 🇺🇸 and it was more easy than take a chocolate 🍫 bar from a child! From a mediocre student in Brasil 🇧🇷 I became the best student in Salem State University. It was so shameful that I ride my diploma(3.86 GPA) under the mattress .
There are thousands of technical schools, colleges, universities, and vocational schools in America. All universities do not operate the same, nor do they attract the same level of students. No one even knows your school. Why did you not apply to a school with a difficult curriculum and tougher standards? What is wrong with the schools in Brazil? Your comment is more so a reflection of you.
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This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen…
I have been teaching college classes for 30 years. Number of trigger warnings = 0. Too much hype about something that happens at little private colleges in the North East overgeneralized.
Are you in a smallish city? Those of us in the State schools are on fire with hyper-leftist vigilantism and aggression. The new one is a growing anti-Semitism that is brash and out in the open. Oddly, young women are less feminist, due to their gender confusion.
There have been dozens of protests at large public institutions outside of New England. I do agree that the media often misrepresents issues in order to stir the pot, but I disagree with your opinion. As an aside, it would be nice if Americans could have wildly varying opinions and yet agree to disagree without wanting to annihilate the other side.
Taught law school for a decade. No censorship. No safe spaces. No trigger warnings. Just the law.
I do agree that massive violent attacks by leftists happen in California universities when a conservative shows up. The videos showing this are legion.
After a long career in banking and finance, I began lecturing in my former university's not-for-credit program directed to senior adults. The great thing about this type of classroom program is the diversity of life experience and formal educational attainment of the "students" who participate. That first semester, I taught a course on the lives and thinking of the founding fathers. One of the participants was one of my former professors. Every semester since then, whether I have taught history or political economy or something else, there are almost always a few retired professors on whom I can call to add their knowledge to the discussions.
Just weird. I went to George Mason University. That place is packed full of different points of views and people from different backgrounds. Nothing ground breaking about this school. They just want to pat themselves on the back and overgeneralize universities. They just want to feel special. I love the debates at the university I teach at and the ones at GMU. This is an elitist issue not a university issue. They just love to whine.
Agree. I went to a small, state college in Pennsylvania from 1969-1972. There were plenty of lively debates on our campus back then.
There is a bonus with this school though, those dumb enough to be duped into attending won't receive a acredited degree.
"Real Students are conform to the State and dont protest" lol
I think this is a great idea. Let's get back to normal.
Unaccredited for profit school backend by an AI Tech CEO billionaire. Ground breaking stuff here 🤡
UATX, "Diversity 😂 😂 😂".
This was so awful, i don't ever comment on your videos but I felt the need to do so for this one. Everyone involved should be embarrassed.
Trigger much?
The active suppression of free speech should worry everyone. Even if you are not affected by it now, it may be used against you one day. The only way to battle bad information is with better information. Free speech should never be relinquished.
The combinatoric aspect of controlledSpeech + speechSuppression is far more dangerous than the average person is aware of. In my opinion.
The point they should have accentuated more was the subtle ways in which the "75%" of liberal professors have turn education into leftist indoctrination, radicalizing young people to aggression that defeats open discussions around the table. Have you noticed we no longer have broadcasts of thinkers and gurus speaking civilly around issues? Even universities don't do this where you would think they would. Instead, they will allow shut down and violent attacks on any guests who don't tow the liberal view.
Free speech doesn't mean equality of ideology. If your speech is horrible, people are gonna tell you and you don't get to say it without criticism.
IDK I'm thinking the few people who founded it will get bored with it and move on, letting the students hold the bag. Is it even accredited if they don't have science classes? Math? I don't see how the college will have the resources to carry it through the years that are coming when students lose interest in the politics surrounding "woke" .
Why is this so shocking. This is what the Ivy Leagues used to be about. Not what to think but how to think.
I like how the state controlled by one party for like 30 years somehow finds a way to blame every problem on the opposition party. In fact, they even invent problems out of thin air to blame on the opposition party. Theres so many problems in our state and instead of address those problems its just a big blame game.
If you think the campus lunacy is "invented" you haven't been to school in the last 30 years.
Congrats, you just have come one step closer figuring out that the only 2 parties are the 1% and everyone else!
@evanmarshall3487 youre so desperate to be a victim. Everyone's a victim now. If school wasn't for you it wasn't for you. Stop trying to change everything because you failed.
It's not a state issue. It's a civilizational issue.
@rbustamantes07
I'm a medical doctor....
"Challenging norms."
But UATX is not challenging norms. UATX is actually reinforcing old norms. I'd respect the mission of this school more if it weren't so firmly based on this Westernized, white perspective of what constitutes intellectual debate. That's not expanding the mind. That isn't inviting innovation. And it certainly isn't taking two opinions and walking away with a better one. This is just as much of an echo chamber as the most liberal universities in this country. Just a different echo is being bounced around within its walls.
I find it interesting that the day after this piece aired, the New York Times ran a story with this headline: How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism
So, whose voices are actually being silenced here?
@@LoisAGrimm It most certainly is challenging the norms. The norms are the institutional orthodoxy that prevails in the universities today which is what you want. Namely a self hatred of our western civilization. A Woke white guilt driven curriculum.
What you’re saying when you say “I’d respect the mission of this school if it weren’t so firmly based on this Westernized, white perspective…”is that you want this university to succumb to the norm of the typical university especially the Ivy Leagues.
Expanding the mind is what the universities don’t want. Seeking safe spaces from uncomfortable ideas. This is all done because for some of these students feel triggered by anything western.
Also the Western experience is not all about white people. Any good western survey course almost always starts with the roots in the Near Eastern World.
Nothing wrong with learning about non Western civilizations but we barely know our own beyond the unthinking protest chants. We need a university that focuses on that which we are the inheritors of. Our civilization and we have nothing to be ashamed of that.
@@LoisAGrimm It most certainly is challenging them. The norms are the institutional orthodoxy of the universities today that use as their litmus test DEI which is a suffocant for intellectual diversity and freedom of thought and expression.
When you say “I’d respect the mission of this school more if it weren’t so firmly based on this Westernized, white perspective…” what you’re saying is you want it to conform to the self hatred of other universities. Self hatred of western civilization, self hatred of being white.
The reason to focus on western civilization is because it’s our civilization and we don’t know it beyond that the protest bumper sticker chants. Nothing wrong with studying non Western civilization but we barely know our own. We need to focus on our own heritage.
Most Western civilization survey courses almost always begin with its roots in the Ancient Near East. Regardless, western civilization is a great and beautiful civilization that has fostered freedoms such as expression, to criticize, skepticism, to question the sacred, to understand questions of our humanity.
Let the UATX students attempt to host a teach-in on Palestine and watch how quickly that “dedication to free speech” fails
"Free speech"? "Free" from what, exactly?
The freedom from the tyranny of governance and the tyranny of the masses.
Freedom from political censorship.
@@WinstonWolfe73 Anyone who interacts with politics knows that it is far easier, cheaper and safer to manipulate the thoughts of other and raise the volume of their ideas than it is to censor people.
That is why it is so attractive for lower class peoples to be tempted by censorship. Because they think it is the only balancing force in regards to how money=ideologicalPropagation
We often ignore the danger for the purposes of power gain. And that is a dangerous road to travel. And it is easily manipulated by people with real economic or social power.
@@WinstonWolfe73 All that being said, if people with large amounts of power are censoring people...then we have a far mire serious problem than basic social dynamics and fringe activists.
Free from criticizing Israel
But notice who’s not at UATX…..right, of course 🤷♂️
uh oh, I think I know what Professor Dave Explains next video is going to be on....
Conservative views are well protected w/in TX boundaries, as a Texan I find the values of this university redundant, not groundbreaking.
So what part of California are you from?
Conservative views are protected and pushed everywhere - the entire premise of this is quasi-delusional.
They are groundbreaking because they are not *permitted* and *openly discussed* in most academic environments. Conservative views are just as important as liberal ones. We (the USA) need both, the adversarial relationship must be between the press and political parties (all parties), not between Americans and political views.
@@newgoliard6059 are you attempting to argue conservativeviews are not protected here?
Are you serious? Tenured professors have been dismissed simply for stating that sex is binary. If a university can censor its professors, it can just as easily censor its students. “Wrongthink” isn’t just insidious -it’s dangerous.
There were a couple of red flags for me when Pano Kanelos said they don’t pay any attention to protected classes (race, sex, etc) during admissions. A much better answer would have been “we don’t discriminate”. Also, when the interviewer said, “I’ve got to tell you, we didn’t see a particularly diverse student body”, Ferguson’s answer was “We are putting energy into finding talent of an intellectual variety”, which could have been construed in a negative way, but clearly, they have not understood civil rights laws, and have adopted the false idea that colleges have been legally required to offer a certain percentage of spots to minorities.
For the answer regarding protected classes, he responded "we don't take any of that into consideration in admission," so isn't that basically the same as saying we don't discriminate?
Discrimination is defined as "to make a difference in treatment or favor other than individual merit." He went on to say he cares "about the mind," ie merit.
This may sound harsh but I believe any journalist who worked on this piece should be blacklisted from the profession
America, and indeed the world, is in a state of transition. The turmoil we have seen over the past few decades results from this. The United States is not rally united. Average Americans seem to be stressed out. This is evident in the antisocial behavior that we hear or read about almost every day. The most challenging issues for this country are extreme materialism and racism. Until we overcome them there will be no true peace.
This is nothing new. Despite the creation of publicly-funded schools all across the nation as the main tool of assimilation, people of different ethnicity, race, religion and cultural backgrounds continue to be challenged to live cooperatively alongside one another. Our system of laws also plays a central role, causing the accelerating concentration of income and wealth at the very top. Toward the end of the 19th century, the American political economist Henry George foresaw what would happen if systemic reforms were not adopted. His books on the issues sold millions of copies, translated into many languages. His ideas served to help create new political parties in quite a few countries. In the end, those who controlled things won the day. Monopoly privilege prevailed, softened for several decades by the inroads of social democracy, but since the late 1970s has been back on the course Henry George warned of. And, yes, we will never have true peace until the reforms Henry George argued for are adopted.
Nothing is new, Millennials/Gen Z are today's boomers.
"free speech" until you criticize Israel.
A serious education? Radical
This report is so important. WELL DONE 60 Minutes !!
Your job as an educator is to teach, not to influence. You leave your political and personal beliefs at the door. That is the problem with education in this country. Some teachers think it's their job to express their personal beliefs onto their students.
Leftist thinker and educator John Dewey taught all education is indoctrination of some sort. The problem is: the leftist view is inherently radical and employs revolution type tactics of violence and mayhem to overthrow what they claim is a corrupt establishment. They aspire to fill that power-vacuum with Socialism and Marxism. Young people love that idealism but don't really know what it is when one day they visit Russia or North Korea and see what it's like in practice.
Just in time for Thanksgiving 😂
oh, you mean the hallowed out time of the year people go crazy over commercialization and merchandising to get people to buy stuff they don't really need to fill the void in the lives? This piece is getting us to value the democratic ways of learning and discussing that preserve our freedoms which today, I dare say we appreciate as much as should.
Open Debate/Shout Nothing is Right Swinging?
Interesting times
I wonder how the black student population feel about this
Exactly!
Idk. Why dont you go ask them?
I understand the sentiments. But at what point are we going to tolerate Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism and sexism?
You may want to ask the Ivy Leagues about the rampant anti semitism.
@lissadawes4243 I actually agree, that's why I brought it up. Both sides of the political space are becoming extreme.
According to one of the liberal supporters in this video, she said the way to combat bigotry is by talking about it, not silencing it.
@@brandonsteele2826 I don't know if I really believe that. The moment you allow people to express horrible beliefs the more it emboldens them.
I just pray it will be easier for the up coming ones !!
This seems like a private school for the founders' kids and friends. Good for them. It's interesting. This may mean that more professors will be inspired to pursue new university start ups.
@@enagreco3280 yes your fully right about that ,I just pray for it to be easier for the up coming ones
@@enagreco3280 how are you doing ?
This seems extremely fishy and I won’t be surprised if there is an embezzling scandal in a few years followed by lawsuits from students who feel “betrayed”
There won't be. The University is founded by highly credible individuals and in good faith. UATX will thrive.
And the students not only do not pay tuition but all have access to extremely well paying internships. Taking out thousands in loans to attend college with no guarantee of employment after is much more of a scam
@@rosemaryalles6043 doubt
@@sabrinacrost Soo it's elitist then?
Campus censorship has been going on for years. Glad to see this reporting and covering Ferguson .
It's not censorship if your stupid ideas got criticized.
Suprised to see actual journalism from 60 minutes.
This school is going somewhere. 100% top employers are going to quietly be recruiting these students.
Well it works both ways you want your views then you can’t try to oppress the left as a political party either in our society. Not necessarily targeting universities with this statement
Think about what you can do for society and your country to make things better without villainizing and blaming.
this feels off for 60 minutes. feels like a piece of propoganda for an UNACCREDITED university. i expect more from 60minutes
Every year that goes by I am validated in my decision to stop watching 60 Minutes. However, I feel like this is a new low, a puff piece produced to glorify a pet project of billionaire conservatives. Though, I will say this is at least funnier than the piece that caused me to stop watching, which was when you tried to present a story on Edward Snowden reported by an NSA Agent as objective journalism.
I know about UATX because I turned to the UK feminists and academics since the voices were absent from American discourse. I found Prof. Kathleen Stock and the rest was history. I even talked about moving from NE to Austin to study with her. Their voices are refreshing and much needed!
Yes, indeed.
@@TheNesbittExperience there are no feminists or academics at UATX. It’s a scam school filled with far right ideology.
Both sides try to silence the other and claim they don’t.
exactly. universities cancel speakers. others on the other side banks lgbt books
You have no clue what "silencing" is at the universities here in California is like evidently. It means you need a multi-throng police escort because special interest groups rally misled students in violent riots and attacks on guests who come to speak by invitation of a professor or a legit student group. Then, they create "bomb scares" to disrupt the meeting, pulling fire alarms so these events can't be held. If they attend, they flood the event with loud devices, bull horns, screamers yelling profanity to Out- Noise you so you can't be heard in a civil manner. This is regular in California and many of these left schools. You just have no clue how effective they are in this method; its destroy open and free discussion of ideas, but Uni officials do not create safe learning environments.
Oh now 60min show this after liberals lost so badly
liberals live rent free in your head LOL
They would never have aired this had Kamala won.
A refreshingly fair look by 60 Minutes.
unaccredited university funded solely by right-wing billionaires. wondering why this wasn’t mentioned in the piece
Bari Wiess, Palantir? So free speech is welcomed on UATX, does that include on a certain country or government in the middle east?
Let me help You,Irán protects free speech ,that is what you are aiming at but don't want to say it.
Wow 60 min for once not pushing extreme liberal stories. Good for them! Finally
This is a scam non-accredited “school” created by fascists and Nazis.
This is wonderful. Exactly what universities are intended for. The open sharing and discussion of ideas.
I interviewed for a position a this "university" and it's a joke. They are not even accredited and they try so hard not to mention it.
I've learned more outside of the education system. Being accredited doesn't mean anything.
Did you watch the video? They won't be accredited until the first class graduates - the standard for new universities. Maybe you're butthurt you didn't get an offer?
@@Just-Human I'm not trying to be rude, but it's clear you don't understand the importance of accreditation as it relates to the protection of students and their investment into education.
If you think it's a joke, why did you interview in the first place?
A new university takes time for building accreditation data with a record of performance. If you were paying attention, they just opened their doors.
Ironic for 60 Minutes to care to cover this
People who still want to atleast try to be journalists are always going to be free speech advocates. If for no reason other than self interest.
going to college where people were so ignorantly far left that they couldn't take any common sense counter arguments pushed me away from voting left, I'm glad there's finally some common sense push back to this
This is how our society solves problems that becomes extreme. We have people that are willing to launch organizations and risk their livelihood for the potential to make significant change.
Well respected academics have been significantly concerned with these problems for a fairly long time. And many of them dabble very little in actual politics.
Lawrence Krauss is a good example. Also he knows alot about obscure physics and quantum mechanics. Cool dude. Publicly, I think he is mostly politically neutral.
truly the worst video 60 minutes has put out. journalistic malpractice at best
pathetic "journalism"
University life is difficult ! If you don't agree with them, they shun you. Common sense isn't common on campus. I was an older student.
You're there to learn....not to make friends
OK so you're all for inclusion but want to attend a school where everyone will just agree with you all the time?
What did you disagree with them about? Whether evolution is real? Whether gay or black people deserve rights? Curious to hear your answer.
IT ALL BOIL DOWN TO ONCE AGAIN THAT OPINIONS ARE BASE ON COMPLETE CONTROL…..IF I CONVINCE YOU TO BELIEVE ARE VALUE MY OPINION THEN I CONTROL YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS….🙄
That is why the explanation of the logical fallacies of "Argument from Authority" and Ad Hominem are very useful knowledge in our modern world.
Are they going to talk about Israel?
Maybe. Tune in next week?
Never understood people who went to college for social stuff...my classmates would be in the library doing math problems all day everyday while people were protesting and doing social stuff
Social stuff is very important in your early 20s for mental development. Especially at a time where technology is taking everybodies jobs.
@@shutinalley join a social club for free instead of paying thousands every three months 😂
@SpinnerSingh you can do both. There's nothing wrong with being politically and socially active alongside being academically studious.
Most college students are technically adults but they aren't adults emotionally.
The " social stuff" is necessary for them.
STEM people, like you, have a logical focus.
@@SpinnerSingh There are no social clubs that are free. We live in a time where everything either has an entry fee, or a monthly subscription. This aint 1985, genius.
Interesting that they don’t mention that the standardized tests they use for admissions are proven to be classist, racist, and sexist. But tell me more about your diverse student population.
Evidence?
Yep, it’s all about the colonizers and oppressors.
@@lucagattoni-celli1377 I tried to post a link, but it was taken down. If you search for SAT test and bias, and then read sources by non-profit education organizations, you can read the long history of these issues. GPA in high school is actually the best predictor of success in college, though that certainly has its limitations too.
What unbiased report shows that the SAT and ACT are “proven to be classist, racist, and sexist” how can math, English, and science be racist?
What a joke of a video
Obviously right wing grift job
Here we go…
I can't say I'd be confident seeing the people behind it. I can say 2 of the people up front are hopefully not teaching economics
Niall Ferguson, virulent conservative.
Ferguson is a classical liberal. Just bc he isnt far left doesnt make him conservative.
@safuu202 He's a conservative. Not a secret. My point is that this is a conservative little university.
@@reddeserted13and youre wrong on both statements. the student body interview contained students from both ends of the ideological spectrum. Or maybe you werent actually paying attention bc you already had made up your mind before pressing play.
@safuu202 Sir, I know about sample sizes and the reason why students were chosen to do interviews. Also, that has nothing to do with the people who founded it, most of whom are conservative This whole agenda is a conservative one. They admit it. They're proud of it. They don't want to be part of supposedly liberal institutions of higher education. That's why the whole thing was created. A little window dressing notwithstanding.
@@safuu202 Ohh i was, And it screamed red echo chamber when the click click click click click started
You have no credibility
It is so interesting that FREE SPEECH is sought out but only if it does not include it coming from racially diverse students. Hmm??? Is the UTAX deluding itself because race is uncomfortable for them? Plus an individual that has benefited from his UKness, meaning a Brit, guiding an American learning institution. Basically, an immigrant influencing AMERICA. SO SO so interesting...
Yeah when i saw Nial Ferguson i went 🤔🤔🤔
knowing he's a senior fellow at Hoover... Shame the kids don't know that yet
I am all in for candid, often uncomfortable speech, however why no racial diversity in this first group of scholars? Color does inform lived experience which in turn can be a tremendous opportunity for learning. In short, why not STRIVE for both? Striving for BOTH would embody the academic excellence that we all seek for our country.
Almost Everyone has tremendous obstacles of different types to overcome. Stop w the Identity politics already. People will judge you on how you treat them and your positive attitude.
Its one of the smallest universities in the country which just had an inagural class. Lets revisit this in 10 to 20 years to see how the expanded student body looks then.
@@stillastillsfan It is comical that it becomes identity politics when members of society seek to be part of the conversation of the direction of our lovely nation. Hmm. So interesting... If the landscape looks like oneself, everything else is "identity politics". So interesting....
@@stillastillsfan Obstacles are always relative. The POINT is to learn from ONE ANOTHER and that INCLUDES race, gender, abled bodied, and orientation. Diversity of thought and experience STRENGTHS us.
UATX ... Another Eurocentric Bible school. HELLA NOT diverse, but apparently merit based? FYI: Texas is 40+% Latino. This is just another OVERTLY RIGHTEOUS SCHOOL FOR THE PRIVELIGED. I wouldn't go there! I wouldn't send any of my family there either! The place looks stifling!!!! Yes, I live in Fort Worth, Tejas. ❤
Its a school where you go to whine about wokeness and learn nothing.
@@rbustamantes07 Look at who's funding the college!
Thank goodness for this piece!
Ideological Diversity Matters too. A free marketplace of ideas means including free expression of ideas that you may not like or disagree with.
Students and Faculties should not be self-censoring for fear of committing wrongthink.
Glad I don’t go to this university
Tbh, tech schools are possibly better for many people anyways. Fast money. Hard work...yet fast money. And fair money.
a bunch of weirdos
60 minutes protects the enemies of the people and needs to be canceled
If you are looking for bright diversity of the mind, but it results then in not a diverse ethnic student population are you then pushing an agenda of one ethnicity. We need to find ways to include the contribution of all societies and ethnicities . History teaches us that valuable scientific and humane growth came out of a variety of all the cultures: Asian, Turkish, Egyptian , African, Indian and more not just European
Not sure where you draw that lesson from history but I'm sure you got told that at public school
Affirmative action lump summed over half of population on earth to one ethnicity- Asian regardless of their history, skin color or background. It is laughable democrats stress out the importance of diversity yet they think Lebanese, Indians, Chinese and Thai all share the common skin color and cultural background. Hispanics are not that of minority and they range of people from Venezuela to rich country like Span.
Ideological diversity matters, not just physical identity diversity.
@@evanmarshall3487 I didn't see one arab or indian on the school board...Ohh yeah and NO hispanic students either? 🤔
I thought this might be a hit piece and am pleasantly surprised.
Its actually deeply shameful that it speaks positively at all of this non-accredited scam indoctrination of far right libertarians and fascists
That professor is full of crap and a liar.
Truth is not liberal.
truth is not conservative either
Russia is waiting for you to join.
A man will always be a man
Yes that's what we need is more stupid political catchphrases that do nothing for anybody
Cancel the left!!! 😊😊
Nah. The best response to stupid ideas is better ideas.
If you play the same game, all you will do is create a feedback loop of censorship, social hierarchy manipulation and further complex difficulties regarding the protections of basic civil liberties and human rights.
@@py_a_thon be me want cancel left
@@imveryhungry112 Solid joke lol. What is it you want to say that is wrll thought out and perhaps useful tho?
@@py_a_thon They dont really need to cancel the left now that social media is wide open and conservatives can share competing ideas. The GOP was getting crushed for years because democrats controlled 99 percent of the press. But now with the internet any conservative can sit in his basement and share his thoughts for free. Conservative ideas just make more sense. Liberals are finished
I went to University in 🇺🇸 and it was more easy than take a chocolate 🍫 bar from a child! From a mediocre student in Brasil 🇧🇷 I became the best student in Salem State University. It was so shameful that I ride my diploma(3.86 GPA) under the mattress .
There are thousands of technical schools, colleges, universities, and vocational schools in America. All universities do not operate the same, nor do they attract the same level of students. No one even knows your school. Why did you not apply to a school with a difficult curriculum and tougher standards? What is wrong with the schools in Brazil? Your comment is more so a reflection of you.
...easier than takING, not take. And it's "easier", not "more easy".
Fake news
Do you even have a mattress?
Inside 2 houses in WPB, Florida near Mar-a-Lago Club. Are you still paying rent?