The Case for De-funding Higher Education

The House of Representatives censures him.

The Governor calls for his resignation.

The CU Board of Regents hides behind tenure.

Hamilton College in New York cancels his speaking appearance.

Native American groups disagree whether he’s an oppressed member of the victim class or a mere poseur.

The whole affair has brought jerks out of the woodwork.

The ignorant and uneducated – many graduates or current students of CU – believe that the First Amendment guarantees his job, no matter what he says.

And yet, most still think he should be fired.

In the current climate and under the current circumstances, I have to agree wholeheartedly. The case has been made repeatedly that Churchill is making his over-the-top statements as a paid member of the CU faculty.

If this were a private college, the uproar and pressures would be coming from different places. But something else is afoot here. As the representative of a public university, Ward Churchill has unwittingly made the case for de-funding public higher education. Thanks.