Define questionable in the context of SSU

Churchill’s critics have charged (and their charges have never been rebutted) that Churchill’s BA and MA from Sangamon State in Illinois entailed almost no course work and very little studying.

SSU was an alternative-education experiment before becoming U of I-Springfield.

From “Radical University” to Handmaiden of the Corporate State:

In 1970 Sangamon State University, the smallest of Illinois’ 12 state universities, was a different kind of place. Many students were not graded, for example, but received individualized evaluations instead. There were no large classes. No deans or department chairs–in fact, no departments. Interdisciplinary courses were the norm. Faculty were hired for their interest in teaching–without teaching assistants–and had no publish-or-perish requirement. SSU was designated “the public affairs university of Illinois” at a time when public affairs, for many of the faculty at least, meant opposing the war in Vietnam and devising alternatives to mainstream institutions. It was an upper-division institution designed for older students transferring in from community colleges and traditional four-year institutions less suited to their needs; the average age of undergraduates was over 30. Faculty and students who were around at the time describe those days with obvious affection.

In the interests of truth in advertising, though, SSU might more accurately have been deemed a university with at best radical potential and at worst radical pretensions.

But I’ll humor you: what part of my argument against Churchill do you refute? What about Ward Churchill are you prepared to stand behind? Publicly.

Define questionable in the context of SSU. It’s a small university, now called U of Illinois-Springfield, that specializes in graduate-level programs. Until like ’95 when the U of I gobbled it up, it was solely a senior college, offering 3000 and 4000 level classes (or above) only (a Bachelor’s involved transferring credits in from elsewhere).

Too much SSU history I know….Sorry. Grew up in Springfield, Dad received his MPA from SSU. It ain’t UT-Austin or Harvard, but it ain’t the “Assemblies of God” college in Florida (which was granting credits to college athletes like they were on clearance) or U of Phoenix Online.

Such a person like Churchill working a CU however is such a fit, given their recent histories. I wonder if he ever played in Neuheisel’s NCAA pool.

That little dot of blue in the middle of Texas? Yep. That would be Austin.

There’s more absurd, off-the-wall Liberalism running amok on our campus than there is at a Democratic happy hour hosted by Teddy Kennedy.

Keep up the good work!
T