Cattivo wrote:

Cool, cool, I think we’re on the same page Alo. Yes, students should be exposed to all possible interpretations, so that they can make up their own mind and learn the subject better. My problem comes in when a professor holds up one as correct, and all other as incorrect, or takes time out of class or uses the class to influence students into interpreting current events according to their political bias and possibly get them to vote with a certain party. For example, in history (using this because it was my major), there is also a Marxist school of interpretation. It isn’t necessarily communist, it just looks at history from the perspective of class, because this school of thought views class as the most important part of a person’s identity. These Marxist interpretations of history need to be taught in universities, along with all others, so that students can learn the subject better and see what view they agree with. Too often though, teachers hold up the Marxist view as right, and all others wrong. It goes beyond this though, because there’s also the projection of current political parties’ views onto the past. Conservatives and liberals in America obviously view past historical events differently. Professors here often view history with a liberal, socialist, or communist lense and disregard the conservative view as wrong, and use their class to make comments on currents events according to their biased view of things. Both interpretations should be presented, and current events shouldn't be brought up unless there's a direct correlation to the class subject. In history and poli sci, current events discussion is understandable, but it happens too often in economics and math classes, for example. I just went on and on about the whole secular vs. religious university thing to describe how I don’t think religion currently has any impact on the current situation of American education because it has become almost a non-factor in the college curriculum.

I go to school in Canada and I guess have been lucky enough not to have professors like you have mentioned in the first bolded part. I have taken a number of history courses (not my major, but an area of interest so I take them as electives when I can) and have yet to hear a professor say that the Marxist view is the "right" one. I have noticed liberal bias in some professors, but none that actively push their personal views.