Archive for November 27, 2008

“a ‘narrow sense’ of the academic vocation that precludes saving the world”

November 27, 2008

Some academics, he says, either do not know what their job is or prefer to do something else. He recommends a "narrow sense" of the academic vocation that precludes saving the world, a mission for which academics have no special qualifications. Universities talk about making students sensitive, compassionate, tolerant, democratic, etc., but those bland adjectives [...]


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