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What is worrying though is that universities preach the same wokeism and seem to apply it to their recruitment. Whatever value they add or not, the top universi
by cm2187 5y ago
What is worrying though is that universities preach the same wokeism and seem to apply it to their recruitment. Whatever value they add or not, the top universities form a very effective cartel and gatekeeper to the most prestigious and/or lucrative careers. This can efficiently cancel the benefits of taking your kids out of public schools.
I think long term, wokeism will kill those universities. A not insignificant part of the population isn’t impressed with slogans like “decolonise maths”, and the perception that they are handing over diplomas in the name of social justice, rather than skills, inflates away the value of those diploma. My own modest contribution to their demise is to give equal consideration to CVs of candidates from less prestigious universities. And I have seen enough idiots graduating from top universities to think that this credentials system was broken even before wokeism.
- freemint 5y agoWokeism will kill universities? Kill institutions that have been around longer than the USofA?
- cm2187 5y agoAt the end of the day what makes a top university is its reputation, its brand. Any other measurable metric (SAT scores, quality of research, size of endowment fund, etc) is a consequence of that. There is no better way to hurt their brand than what they are doing now. And by "kill" I don't mean "close", I mean kill their reputation. And I think it's a good thing. I much prefer the German system which, as I understand it, doesn't rely on a small number of elite universities, and where you have to evaluate the candidate rather than its credentials.