To be eligible for the LAS Honors Program, students must be accepted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Based on that application, the top 12 percent of incoming freshmen are invited to be a part of the program (the invitation will come via email as LAS Honors holds sustainability as a core value).The university's so adamant about letting potential students know that they're fully on-board with loving & respecting the earth that they have to clarify why notifications arrvial via email.
(If I were in charge I'd just opt for email because it saves money. But that's just me.)
The program's values expand on this -
"As an LAS James Scholar, you will be empowered to find your place as a global citizen and a global steward. You will learn about core values of Sustainability and its importance to the environment, the economy, and the people of your community, your country, and the broader world."Why? The message continues -
"LAS James Scholars always want to know more and to have a positive impact."Now, this is awfully amusing because the whole global warming fiasco is entrenched in the minds of the administration at universities nationwide. I remember "Go Green" placards on the window sills of faculty members as I walked around my alma mater's campus library.
The culture of academia is so concerned that departmental honors colleges need to make it part of their mission. (Sorry starving African babies, you got beaten by Mother Gaia.) Of course, it's all about social engineering. Make the bright kids care about it so they can influence their own peers, their families, and maybe attain jobs that carry out the "global citizen" and "global steward" parts. It's the clever way of carrying out "social justice." Gather the kids who are seen as future leaders and mold their values to further secular causes.
I'm surprised they didn't add in "inclusion, diversity, and open-mindedness" in their mission statement.
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