Thanks for another excellent post. The pandemic has revealed so many structural failures of our society - the failure of universities to rise to the challenge of the times is one of the greatest. I am glad that Dr. Harrington apologized, but there needs to be many more public apologies from academic leaders, recognition of the failure, a…
Thanks for another excellent post. The pandemic has revealed so many structural failures of our society - the failure of universities to rise to the challenge of the times is one of the greatest. I am glad that Dr. Harrington apologized, but there needs to be many more public apologies from academic leaders, recognition of the failure, and determination to reform. If universities cannot embrace freedom of speech, thought, inquiry, and discussion when it is hard to do so, one can question why they exist. Perhaps they should be taxed as profit-driven multinational corporations.
Thanks for another excellent post. The pandemic has revealed so many structural failures of our society - the failure of universities to rise to the challenge of the times is one of the greatest. I am glad that Dr. Harrington apologized, but there needs to be many more public apologies from academic leaders, recognition of the failure, and determination to reform. If universities cannot embrace freedom of speech, thought, inquiry, and discussion when it is hard to do so, one can question why they exist. Perhaps they should be taxed as profit-driven multinational corporations.