misuses-of-university

The Misuses of the University (via HN)

He wonders who will train the next generation of scholars if America’s First Research University won’t anymore. Hopkins isn’t alone; many of the country’s other universities are doing the same. Maybe the leaders of our nation’s wealthiest universities can’t think a generation ahead anymore, beholden as they are to board members who think in terms of the next quarter. Or maybe they have simply given up on the future of an industry that now relies mostly on underpaid gig labor to teach students.