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I think "higher education is broken" means something different to some people than it does to you. Specifically, someone in Mulvey's position may, I speculate,
by vba616 3y ago
I think "higher education is broken" means something different to some people than it does to you.
Specifically, someone in Mulvey's position may, I speculate, be interpreting it as "not worth saving or reforming", and when she denies it is "broken" is affirming reform as worthwhile and giving up as wrong.
That could be a biased perspective! It might be objectively wrong if we could survey alternate universes to determine the outcome of policy changes for sure. But not stupid or obviously false with our limited knowledge.
- bell-cot 3y agoPlausibly true. And I'm far too removed from the culture wars to know if "higher ed is broken!" is a battle cry for any of the current factions. OTOH - back in boring old-fashioned King's-English usage, "broken" is used in a wide variety of contexts; both for things that nobody would bother to repair (a water glass) and that everybody would very much want to repair (the speaker's leg bone).