{"id":65927,"date":"2018-02-12T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=65927"},"modified":"2018-02-12T11:16:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:16:20","slug":"the-higher-education-butane-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=65927","title":{"rendered":"The Higher Education Butane Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the University of Wisconson&#8217;s Stout Campus must prove they&#8217;ve absorbed the PC narrative to Big Brother&#8217;s satisfaction before being granted a diploma:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In order to fulfill the requirement, students must complete at least six credits from a list of approved courses that address at least two out of four categories: Global Self-Awareness, Global Knowledge, Global Viewpoint, and Global Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlobal self-awareness\u201d courses, for instance, focus on embracing the \u201cvalues of diverse others,\u201d helping students to \u201cdevelop appreciation for diverse voices and stories and the contributions of cultures and countries different from one\u2019s own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cglobal knowledge\u201d goal, meanwhile, addresses \u201cthe deeply interconnected nature of the world,\u201d with courses exploring concepts like how \u201cthe impact of globalized capitalism and neoliberalism on economic systems, inter and intra-societal stratification, civil and human rights, and sustainability\u201d form the \u201chistorical roots\u201d of inequities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cglobal viewpoint\u201d category aims to introduce students to different cultural and historical perspectives, while the \u201cglobal engagement\u201d element teaches students to \u201ctake effective critical action\u201d on the basis of their new knowledge by \u201ccontributing to positive change in globally diverse, interconnected, and interdependent natural, social, and business environments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It took a moment to realize they weren&#8217;t talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=65911\">Evergreen State<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the University of Wisconson&#8217;s Stout Campus must prove they&#8217;ve absorbed the PC narrative to Big Brother&#8217;s satisfaction before being granted a diploma: In order to fulfill the requirement, students must complete at least six credits from a list of approved courses that address at least two out of four categories: Global Self-Awareness, Global [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-education","category-indoctrinate-u"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65929,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65927\/revisions\/65929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}