here is a quote mine:
A Wakeup Call for Science Faculty
I believe that intelligent design should be taught in college science classes…
-Bruce Alberts, December 2, 2005
Apparently, the critics of ID are taking Albert’s words to heart because 36 universities as reported by ID at the Academy have courses with ID content in them. Joseph Campana at ResearchIntelligentDesign.org is trying to track ID content in various courses at universities in the United States and elsewhere. The list I linked to was gleaned from news sources and word of mouth. If anyone is aware of corrections or additions to the list, feel free to post them here and/or contact the authors of the list.
Unlike the public schools, the universities are viewed even by critics of ID as an appropriate place to discuss ID. Niall Shanks, Eugenie Scott, and even Bruce Alberts are favorable to the idea of ID being discussed in the universities. So “ID in the Academy” is something both sides want (albeit for opposite reasons)!
Missing from the list is the course which Paul Mirecki at University of Kansas tried to form in order to (in his words) “slap the fundies in their big fat face”. He was stripped of his chairmanship when his plot was uncovered, but the Provost and President of the University of Kansas assures the public such a course could still be in the works, but it will be taught respectfully if it is taught next time around.
I should point out at GMU, the Biology 494 honors seminar in the Fall of 2005 had a large amount of ID debate in it. So perhaps that should be added to the list too. So that makes the number 37!
Salvador
PS
Something must be in the water in Fairfax Virginia (home of GMU), because 5 of the courses listed with ID content have PhD’s affiliated with GMU, and GMU is also home to a tiny band of obscure IDEA rebels headed by Christine Chenette, who studied Biology from an ID perspective at New St. Anderews College (one of the ID courses listed).