Ayn Rand, the College?
 |
Chris Lawrence | Thursday, June 8, 2006 |
North Carolina may be the home of a college “applying the philosophy of Ayn Rand,” if organizers, including two Duke faculty members, get their way:
Founders College has submitted an application projecting a fall 2007 start and an enrollment of 500, said Michelle Howard-Vital, associate vice president of academic affairs for UNC General Administration.
Eric Daniels of Durham filed the request, Howard-Vital said. She identified Daniels as a faculty member at Duke University. The Duke faculty directory lists him as a visiting professor in the sociology department.
Daniels, contacted Monday by The Herald-Sun, declined to answer questions “because of the nature of the project.”
“I just have no comment at this time, thank you,” he said.
Stories about a possible college have been circulating in Oxford for weeks. …
As proposed, Founders College would offer an associate of arts degree and a bachelor of arts in liberal arts.
Oxford, N.C. certainly has the right name for a college town, but is the world really clamoring for Objectivist higher education? While there may be a ready source of disgruntled faculty from another start-up college just to the north, I’m just not sure where the students are going to come from.
About the Author: Chris is an assistant professor of political science at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. He has a Ph.D. in American politics and political methodology from the University of Mississippi.
- None Found
- Making Jobs More Expensive
- House Trades Freedom for Health Coverage, Senate’s Move
- Hasan a Muslim First, American Second?
- OTB Caption JamTM
- Taking “No” As Iran’s Answer
- Update on the Fort Hood Massacre
- OTB Latenight – Soft Cell
- Caption Contest Winners
- Breaking: Shootings at Fort Hood (Updated)
- Pentagon Expected To Ask For Supplementary War Funding. As Usual.
- Dummocrats.com linked with Ayn Rand, the college?...
- Arts degree liberal online
Comments are Closed
