The problem is how to do this with a significant percentage of the faculty completely embracing promoting their personal ideology. I see the same problem with attempts to deal with the tribal nature of DEI , which is what attracted proponents in the first place, and all that is happening now is rebranding with a different name; same shit , different shovel.
I graduated from an alleged elite institution in 1970 , and I knew nothing of any professor’s political leanings , and no one spoke out during the turbulence on 1968. It would have surprising if they had done so. Most of us from that time would not recognize those schools today , and I think that may contribute to the problem in dealing with this,
“My point of view is — I’ve said this many times, and I think it’s very important to be clear about that — the purpose of the university for me is pathbreaking research and transformative education. Full stop. So universities are not political parties, and they are not members of political movements. Their goal is the production of knowledge, seeking truth and insights, and then conveying them to publications and teaching.” Universities should absolutely be about exchanging knowledge and ideas. You hit the nail on the head.
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The problem is how to do this with a significant percentage of the faculty completely embracing promoting their personal ideology. I see the same problem with attempts to deal with the tribal nature of DEI , which is what attracted proponents in the first place, and all that is happening now is rebranding with a different name; same shit , different shovel.
I graduated from an alleged elite institution in 1970 , and I knew nothing of any professor’s political leanings , and no one spoke out during the turbulence on 1968. It would have surprising if they had done so. Most of us from that time would not recognize those schools today , and I think that may contribute to the problem in dealing with this,
“My point of view is — I’ve said this many times, and I think it’s very important to be clear about that — the purpose of the university for me is pathbreaking research and transformative education. Full stop. So universities are not political parties, and they are not members of political movements. Their goal is the production of knowledge, seeking truth and insights, and then conveying them to publications and teaching.” Universities should absolutely be about exchanging knowledge and ideas. You hit the nail on the head.