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The Good Fight
Tyler Austin Harper on How to Fix American Universities
Jan 6, 2024
Tyler Austin Harper, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Bates College, discusses the state of academia, the decline in humanities majors, and the importance of genuine free inquiry. They also explore plagiarism accusations and conservatism backlash, the pros and cons of tenure, and the decline of interest in humanities courses at elite universities.
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- The rhetoric of diversity in elite institutions often masks a lack of real structural change, prioritizing demographic representation over addressing rising tuition rates and student debt.
- The financial model of universities, especially elite ones, has become unsustainable, compromising their ability to maintain principles of free speech and intellectual inquiry, and reinforcing a focus on prestige and endowment size over education and student welfare.
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The Hypocrisy of Anti-Racism
The rhetoric of diversity and anti-racism in elite institutions often masks a lack of real structural change. Institutions prioritize demographic representation over addressing issues like rising tuition rates and student debt. The focus on performative actions, like slapping Black Lives Matter slogans on websites, belies the fact that these institutions are built on massive endowments and financial exploitation of students.
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