Don Gale: 'The emphasis is so clearly tilted toward science that most students never learn about the rewards of classical music, the power of literature or the infinite promise of social interaction.'
By Don Gale | Special to The TribuneI spent four years studying science in college. It was straightforward. Everything could be measured. Every problem had solutions, or paths toward solutions.
If you doubt this conclusion, compare salaries of faculty members teaching “science” with those of faculty members teaching humanities, arts and social sciences. Compare teaching loads. Compare campus prestige. Compare research grant money . Compare administrative support. Compare core curricula requirements.
And in journalism, as in all social studies, there is never a single scientific conclusion. There are always two sides to every story – more often three sides, four sides, or more. Leaders who impose what they consider the single best scientific answer are called dictators or tyrants. Societies that seek acceptable compromise among competing ideas are called democracies.
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