I'd read this article earlier today, and was about to post it. .
This article rings very true to me. I LIVED this. I endured Reagan as governor and I endured his attempts to destroy the University of California (starting, most tragically, with the Regents' firing of Clark Kerr from the UC presidency).
I remember well the stunts of Reagan et al in California- and then to have him and That Crowd show up again in the White House only 5 years or so later. . . just the ultimate nightmare.
As an example of Reaganite anti-intellectual priorities as they manifested themselves in California: their infamous, preposterous cost-costing suggestion that the rare book collection of UCLA be sold because "no one ever checked out the books" 
Much of the important innovation in university education that took place in the 1960's -- not just at UC, but elsewhere -- would not be possible today-- not just because of money issues, but because of the deterioration in liberal arts education and the change in educational and national priorities so eloquently outlined in this article.
We will pay for this damage to our universities and to the education of our citizenry for a very long time. 
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