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16 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Worth Reading May 06, 2006
By RIteacher
"sam"
I came across Out Of Ivy at the Brown U bookstore. Bought it. Read it. It IS worth reading. I have worked in so-called higher ed for decades. I now prefer to call it Hired Ed. The lack of true open discussion on US campuses is truly shocking. There is a great insight that Rowley makes--the extreme PC points of view contribute to racism, not the opposite. So thanks Rowley for having the guts to bring up issues that are crying to be aired. The book outlines the many ways professors and administrators encourage mindless conformity and fail to educate.
p.s.
I notice many posts about this book by people who attack it and haven't read it. Unfortunately, these posts are probably written by bruised Brown babies who just can't stand the heat of an opinion that runs counter to their prejudices. Lighten up. You are just adding weight to Rowley's criticism of Brown groupthink groupies.
18 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Read the book May 07, 2006
By N. Mancini
"Mancini"
This is a good book. The criticisms below seem to make Rowley's point: "Don't buy this book," they say; because, God forbid, if the message contained in its pages reaches anybody from Benefit Street to Gano Street on Providence's famed College Hill, Brown's impressionable and overly sensitive students might have the oppotunity to wake up and start thinking for themselves for once. The Emperor truly has no clothes.
15 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Unreal Apr 18, 2006
By Brian Hurd
This is exactly the type of book i look for. I don't agree wholeheartedly with everything rowley preaches, but he sure speaks his mind (always a controversial idea for a rightwinger). I'm SO! tired of the pillow-talking preachers, and the Oprah-hearted authors, who are overly-concerned with offending someone. Out of ivy is a step in the right direction, even if the author is off the mark on some of his observations about Brown.
BH
18 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Gutsy Apr 15, 2006
By Ivy Leage Grad
"John"
Out of Ivy is extremely entertaining for those who experienced an Ivy League education, and for those who only know the intrigue of elite academia. Within Out of Ivy we learn that everything that has been said about higher education in terms of political corruption is true, and even worse. But the author abandons the minutia of the campus interior, avoiding previously revealed statistics on the political affiliations of the faculty. Rather, the reader is taken through the author's experiences, observing a conservative upbringing's first encounters with liberal thought--in the classroom, but also in the cafeteria and keg parties. Rowley is highly opinionated, and offers up his evaluations. However, he often cleverly takes his readers through his personal tales, and allows them to make up their own mind about some of his observations. Readers are forced to engage not only Brown University, but the author as well. Out of Ivy is a great addition to the debate over the role of the academy. I enjoyed it very much.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great read!!! Apr 06, 2008
By Kevin L.
Kudos to Mr Rowley for bringing us on an adventure inside this liberal institution. I was intrigued by reading the reviews of this book. They were very similar to any attack on conservatism (character assassination, based solely on emotion, and clearly show that they never even read the book). Jonah Goldberg put it best when he said in Liberal Facism that "youth politics ... is the politics of the tantrum and the hissy fit." I'm looking forward to future books by this author.
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