Posted on 05/09/2012 4:43:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Yeah. And I don’t mean to slur the university system either.
I was a kid from the sticks and it really did open my eyes to what was out there to be learned, even if I didn’t really get around to learning it then (I’m still at it now, for that matter).
But I have family members and lots of friends who work in a university systems. Now especially so much of the time and money (which is in short supply) seem misdirected, in facilities, paperwork, bureaucracy, mountains of regulations, etc. etc., like everything else involving the government.
I bet I could spend five years reading and discussing books with Jim Noble (and not even touch the medical stuff, which fascinates me) and learn something significant every day. Whether it would benefit him at all is another question—lol.
Graduates of such majors also infest corporate HR depts, become Affirmative Action compliance officers, etc, etc.
Looks like you’re right!!
Took editor Liz McMillen only four days to be browbeaten out of her initial pro-speech stance:
Editor’s Note:
When we created the Brainstorm blog five years ago, we hoped it would be a forum for debate — where views about higher education, academic culture, and ideas could be aired and discussed and often challenged. It is a blog for opinion, sometimes strong opinions, not news reporting by the staff. The writers on the blog—13 in all, from institutions around the country—fall on different points of the ideological and political spectrum. They are not staff members of The Chronicle nor do they represent the views of the staff or of the newspaper.
Many of you have asked The Chronicle to take down Naomi Schaefer Riley’s recent posting, “The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations.” I urge readers instead to view this posting as an opportunity—to debate Riley’s views, challenge her, set things straight as you see fit. Take a moment to read The Chronicle’s front-page story about the future of black studies, written by Chronicle reporter Stacey Patton and weigh in.
Please join the debate.
Liz McMillen
http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/editors-note/46423
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