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American Education Part of the American tradition, is the American Dream. We have all read the stories, watched the movies, or even heard the tale of our own families. Parents do without anything and everything, to give their children a better chance. They do without luxuries, they work long hours, they suffer through miserable jobs, miserable bosses, miserable paychecks, on the determined hope that their children will have what they did not. Bad Education Produces Bad Fans At every college & university, there are always supporters who go through great lengths to invite opposing fans to join them, to show them proper collegian hospitality. With that, the host institution spends a great deal of money promoting games, so that teams and fans will visit, boost attendance, improve sports programs, and thereby gather support for the college overall. Do Liberals Dominate Higher Education? In the interest of full honesty, I need to point out that I am generally (but not always) left-of-center. Despite that, I don't much care for liberal writers. On the other hand, conservative George F. Will is a writer I will generally read, even though he and I often do not see eye to eye. Schools and Business Skills A new concept emerging in many communities is the idea that the primary goal of education is to produce better workers. Our schools should support our economy. As might be expected, the people advocating such an approach tend to be employers. Schools and Business Skills One popular concept in education discussions is that our schools should focus on workforce support. This approach argues that the primary goal of our schools should be to support industry. As one might suspect, these approaches most often emerge from the business sector. The Most Powerful Generation Here at The University of Louisiana, an undergrad recently lamented to me about the passing of the student activism of the 60s & 70s. He noted that his generation feels as if those possibilities no longer exist.

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