What does an army do when it’s badly outnumbered? Answer: Choose the battlefield carefully to offset the enemy’s strength.
In today’s Martin Center article, David Dufendach argues that Americans who want to preserve what’s good in our higher education system must think like the Spartans defending Greece against the invading Persians.
He writes:
Why spend time, resources, and energy on an institution that does not wish nor deserve to be saved? Instead, like good Spartans, reformers ought to focus on the preservation of a smaller, strategically defensible area. Taking our cue from the Encyclopedists of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation, let’s get out of the way and let the corrupt Empire crumble.
Dufendach suggests that we strive for a more efficient general education framework, then put forth a rallying cry for those among us who don’t want to see our colleges and universities continue spewing intellectual poison.
Read the whole thing.