David Cameron’s Culture War
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government recently declared that funding for Britain’s universities would be slashed by as much as 40%, and that arts and humanities departments will be targeted most aggressively. The British cuts reveal a push in developed countries – one that started in the US – to target the kinds of education that support a vigorous civil society and citizens who are hard to suppress.
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NEW YORK – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government has announced some of the most draconian public-sector cuts any developed country government has ever attempted. Indeed, his minister of education recently declared that funding for Britain’s universities would be slashed by as much as 40%. But the most shocking aspect of the move is that arts and humanities departments will be targeted more aggressively than science and engineering, which are supposedly better for business.