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So apparently the entire American professoriate is involved in a gigantic, exploitative Ponzi scheme running to the tune of USD800 billion, in which tuition fees have increased tenfold over four decades - a bit ahead of CPI innit: http://nplusonemag.com/bad-education
Seriously, what is the culpability of academics who work in this system? It's easy to blame things on an increasingly rapacious corporate mentality at the top, but where's the fucking solidarity? I've always thought I'll have to go wherever I can get a job, and that a position in the States would be fine if I get offered one, but I don't even know anymore.
Seriously, what is the culpability of academics who work in this system? It's easy to blame things on an increasingly rapacious corporate mentality at the top, but where's the fucking solidarity? I've always thought I'll have to go wherever I can get a job, and that a position in the States would be fine if I get offered one, but I don't even know anymore.