Is Rick Santorum right about higher ed?

Todd Finkelmeyer:

The last sentence of Wood's blog states: "I should add that, though I am offering a defense of Santorum's statements on higher education, I am not endorsing him or anyone else in the presidential race."

Santorum -- a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination -- earned plenty of media play over the weekend after calling President Barack Obama a "snob" for wanting all students to seek educational opportunities after high school. Santorum made the remark during a Feb. 25 speech at a meeting of Americans for Prosperity in Michigan. He notes plenty of hard-working people make an honest living without ever being "taught by some liberal college professor that is trying to indoctrinate them. Oh, I understand why (Obama) wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image." (If you want more context, or to hear more of what Santorum said, here is a video of that talk.)

Earlier this year, during a speech at a church in Naples, Fla., Santorum previously noted (according to CBS News): "It's no wonder President Obama wants every kid to go to college. The indoctrination that occurs in American universities is one of the keys to the left holding and maintaining power in America. And it is indoctrination. If it was the other way around, the ACLU would be out there making sure that there wasn't one penny of government dollars going to colleges and universities, right?"

To learn more about Santorum's attacks on higher education, check out this piece by Scott Jaschik of Insidehighered.com.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 5, 2012 1:08 AM
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