Lyell Asher: Why Colleges are Becoming Cults

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.
Asher received his PhD 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 at https://tinyurl.com/3f7rcydp