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Whether or not this professor can be said to represent "the right", he makes no such complaint. He suggests that marketisation of education, and resultant focus
by helloOperator 5y ago
Whether or not this professor can be said to represent "the right", he makes no such complaint. He suggests that marketisation of education, and resultant focus on "student experience", might in part explain why universities are reluctant to take tougher action against student harassment of teaching staff.
- LatteLazy 5y agoI think the core issue here is that the university have sold 2 different people different things: * The professor (who has my sympathy) has been sold on being a professor with academic freedom and the opportunity to have free and open debate. * At least some students have been promised "student experience" (a nice euphemism for a safe space and an easy degree the cynic in me suspects...). The wrong here is the university lying to (at least) one party. If you hire a Michelin star chef for your McDonalds franchise, he will complain about flipping burgers and customers might not want frogs-legs instead of chicken wings. Neither of them are wrong, it's management who have failed to "square the circle" IMHO.