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April 20, 2017
One of the most profound lessons I learned coming into university was that higher education has turned into a corporation that advertises to future students a prestigious opportunity for enriched knowledge, valuable connections, and future financial security. As students, we strive to make the most of our educational experience so that we apply our established skills in the workforce and shape ourselves into the next leader of another organization. However, as deBoer glaringly points out in "Why We Should Fear University, Inc.," we already fell into the trap of assimilating to campus culture that does not serve to protect the students' interests, but the institution's own. For example, DeBoer compares such deceptions of corporate influence to Purdue's overgrown tomato and sunflower garden, which is going to be demolished (at the time the article was published) in favor of more shiny, uninhabited buildings. Each "natural" feature of campus life will eventually be smoothed over in an attempt to iron out imperfections to make the school more attractive for potential visitors, students, and their families. That is why it becomes increasingly more important nowadays for us undergraduates, who make up the majority of university population but hold very little power, to challenge the administrators who have prioritize status over equity and work to find a solution that reemphasizes education as our right and not a multilayered privilege.
Q: Of all the UCs, why does Davis have a history of covering up?
Jones, D. (2015, September 17). "UPDATED: We are go-getters, change makers, problem solvers." UC Davis. Retrieved
from https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/updated-we-are-go-getters-change-makers-problem-solvers/
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