quarta-feira, 20 de outubro de 2021

The prophet of academic doom



Still following the post above check a very recent article on The Chronicle of Higher Education about the late Emeritus Professor Robert Nisbet who accused universities of having betrayed themselves.  https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-prophet-of-academic-doom 

And let´s not forget that Professor Nisbet didn´t even see how conservative donors are now forcing universities to make changes in curriculum and also to have a say on the profile of professors. At least Professor Beverly Gage at Yale University preferred to resign than to accept such undue interference as was revealed in an article in the latest issue of The Economist https://www.economist.com/united-states/a-prominent-academic-resigns-after-benefactors-try-to-exert-influence-over-her-curriculum/21805573

PS - On this issue, it is also worth remembering revealing events like the suicide of Full Professor Stefan Grimm https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2019/09/imperial-collegegreat-scientists-leave.html