Professor Lyell Asher is the creator of the popular video series, " Why Colleges Are Becoming Cults," where he gives an analysis of university academics and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. One part of Asher's critique is focused on the effect of the embrace of "whole language" in lieu of phonics in schools of education and its deleterious effect on reading instruction.
In his series, he explains how he feels higher education has become corrupted, and how radical beliefes have leaked from the universities into everyday life.
In a recent episode of Watching America, Asher discussed his series with host Dr. Alan Campbell.
Asher received his Ph.D. at University of Virginia and is associate professor of English at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
You can find his video series on YouTube.