Part Five: Grand Jury Presentment of "Problems in Higher Education"

Portions of the Presentment of the Grand Jury for the Eleventh Judicial District of Iowa follow, with words added for clarification in brackets.  Supplemental ideas are italicized.

 

Observations in the Problem Area

 

III.  Radicals use tactics that blatantly ignore the basic teaching standard of honesty.  It is not unusual to hear them proclaim the virtues of equality and love, and extol violence, hatred and the use of harmful drugs in the same speech.  In their effort to present a one-sided picture, they suppress opposing views.  One jury interviewee [a professor] stated his concern--if students hear a lie often enough, some will believe it!

 

IV.  Radicals' tactics are aggressive, domineering and, when needed, ruthless in character.  In such cases, students and other teachers with average courtesy are no match.  The most aggressive [teachers] prevail over those who feel obligated to spend their time teaching and learning rather than contending with and being buffeted by verbal terrorism.  One of the radicals' tactics is rule by policy committee domination.  They pressure administrators to relinquish their duty in a specific area and turn it over to a committee.

 

These practices by employees all fall below what the taxpaying public, in our opinion, expect and have a right to expect of the teachers they hire.

 

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