Cornell Student: Academia in Social Sciences is a “Circle-Jerk for Nerdsâ€
Posted by Mike LaChance Friday, March 16, 2018 at 8:00am
Jade Pinero of the Cornell Daily Sun has a few thoughts about the state of higher education which are worth your time. Take a look:
Overthrow Academia
Academia, at least in the social sciences, is the pursuit of knowledge by and for the elite. It’s a circle-jerk for nerds.
Joining a university faculty is like signing up to play a professional game of whack-a-mole. Institutions require scholars to publish in order to remain employed; specifically, they require regular original research written for peer-reviewed journals or discipline-specific books. Behind each publication awaits the due date for the next.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/03/cornell-student-academia-in-social-sciences-is-a-circle-jerk-for-nerds/
