160-161, 162
Bloom, Allan, 162, 267
Bok, Derek, 249, 261, 262, 264, 267, 270, 277
Bowdoin College, 104, 116
Boyer, Ernest L., 9
Brainwashing, 34-69 71, 177, 183
“affective education,” 33, 34
agendas, 16, 47-62, 94-95
cross-examination, 42-43, 67-68
“death education,” 33, 36-38, 65-66, 253
“decision-making,” 34
desensitization, 36-41
diaries, 43-44
“drug prevention,” 33, 35, 65
family relationships 37, 45, 46
“Holocaust studies,” 47
incentives, 60, 61
isolation, 41-42
“nuclear education,” 40-41
peers, 53-54, 55
promoters, 56-62
results, 62-65
“residential education,” 197-199
role-playing, 37, 46
“sex education,” 33, 34, 35, 38-40, 48-49, 60, 63-64, 180-182
stress, 36-41
stripping away defenses, 43-47
techniques, 36-47
trust, 48, 55, 56
“values clarification,” 33, 34, 47-48, 49, 65-66
Brandeis University, 9
Brawley, Tawana, 168
Brigham Young University, 109
Britain, 3, 71, 74, 83
BrookingsInstitution, 27, 227
Brown University, 107, 121, 122, 158, 174, 187
Brubeck, Dave, 208
Bryn Mawr College, 167
Buckley, William F., 221
Bucknell University, 149
Bunzel, John H., 135
Burke, Samuel, 182-183
Burns, Robert, 302
Bush, George, 212
Calero, Aldolfo, 175
California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech), 9, 172, 236, 271
California State University
at Los Angeles, 268
at Northridge, 159-160
Canada, 12, 83, 123
Carleton College, 9, 153, 161, 195, 196, 205
Carnegie Foundation, 6, 9, 109, 122, 151, 205
Carter administration, 75
Case Western Reserve University, 172
Catholic schools, 10
Catholic University, 185
Chile, 115
China, 42, 43, 46, 92-93, 192-193, 212
Chinese Americans, 77, 97
Chowchilla kidnapping case, 37
City College of New York, 157
Clark, Kenneth B., 162-163
Cleaver, Eldridge, 176
Cogswell College, 268
Colby College, 272
Coleman, James S., 259
College of William & Mary, 178
Colleges and universities (see also Admission to college; Athletics; Professors)
administrators, 218-221, 302
admissions, 103-131
admissions criteria, 122-126
“costs,” 114-119, 230, 235
curriculum, 221
disciplines versus “interdisciplinary” courses, 279, 301
postgraduate education, 286
quality, 106-113, 267-271
rankings, 109-112
research universities vs. liberal arts colleges, 107-109, 293
tuition, 113-114, 117, 118,119-122, 262-265, 272
Columbia Teachers College, 24
Columbia University, 24, 123, 157, 168, 176, 206, 207, 226, 231, 236, 283
Communist Party, 42, 46
Congress, 60, 75, 79, 271, 291, 198
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 172
Cornell College, 107
Cornell University, 104, 107, 122, 162, 170, 178, 184, 194, 271, 282
Cotter, William R., 272
Council of Graduate Schools, 269, 270
Cultures
cultural hegemony, 172-173
cultural relativism, 48, 68, 71
multiculturalism, 70-89, 197
Dartmouth College, 2, 107, 113, 118, 126, 159, 161-162, 163, 181, 185, 189-191, 194, 211, 212, 213, 215, 250, 271
Dartmouth Review, 118, 188-191, 272
Davidson College, 9, 107, 108, 172, 205
Davis, Bernard, 275
“Death education” (see Brainwashing)
Deception 34-35, 66,73, 254, 280, 296-297 (see also Newspeak)
“expertise,” 25
grades, 2
secrecy, 8, 34-35, 145, 254
spending, 12-13
test scores, 105
words used ex post with ex ante meanings, 266
Decline, 1, 6, 73
“dumbing down” textbooks, 7
excuses, 8-15
standards, 7
test scores, 1, 3, 8-9
Defenses against critics of American education, 199-201, 247-284
“bashing” charge, 249
demands of others, 251-252, 254, 261-265
“golden age” charge, 250, 281
Delgado, Richard, 154-155
Dewey, John, 32, 93, 98
Diaries (see Brainwashing)
Dogmas, 15-18, 70-99
“critical mass,” 282-283
multicultural diversity, 70-89, 198
racial, 132-173
“role models,” 95-97, 281-283
self-esteem, 3, 5, 6, 97-99
test bias, 127-129
Double standards, 169
academic, 144,-145, 147-148, 159, 284
behavioral, 155-169, 176-177, 188-194, 200
ideological, 174-201, 261,
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