The 'Wisconsin Idea' Is More Important Than Ever In Higher Education - Willard Dix, Forbes

The ongoing controversy over the proposed curriculum changes at the University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point spotlights the importance of genuinely comprehensive education, especially in the political and social climate now roiling around us. In trying to eliminate its humanities departments in favor of strictly job-training courses, the UWSP leadership not only violates just about every tenet of the revered "Wisconsin Idea," it also plays into a political climate that values form over substance, ignorance over knowledge, belief over science and facile responses to complex questions. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willarddix/2018/03/19/the-wisconsin-idea-is-more-important-than-ever-in-higher-education/#57233a207f9b