In this week's article "Why We Should Fear University, Inc," written by Fredrik DeBoer, American universities are used as a growing example of corporatism. DeBoer talks about how universities across the nation operate like corporations, accepting students like customers and producing education further away from the academic enterprise. Professors become merely servants and students become customers. DeBoer argues that this growing phenomenon impacts the American society as universities are supposed to be nurturing the future workers of society. Universities are sacrificing the welfare of students for corporatism. With the rising tuition, financial aid continues to become less and less helpful to students from low-income families. This current system prevents people with lesser opportunities to get a degree. As money is poured into making campuses become more beautiful, I began to wonder about how universities became more similar to an advertisement where the beautiful campuses and dormitories are shown off. Rather than giving the money to students with fewer opportunities, the funds are used on extensions of the campus and other areas. Since universities also have an abundance of money, articles and activists that protest against the rising tuition fees are shut down almost immediately. It raises the question, "Can universities be criticized for their actions?" Since universities are known to an "opportunity" and place of no corruption, how are students able to take action against corruption in universities if there are any?
Question: How will students and society recognize corruption in universities & how will they fight against such strong institutions of education that have a lot of money and reputation?
References
deBoer, F. (2015, September 9). Why We Should Fear University Inc. The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/magazine/why-we-should-fear-university-inc.html
“Education and Corporations Don't Mix Well.” The Jose Vilson, 4 June 2013,
thejosevilson.com/a-future-too-big-to-fail-using-corporate-thinking-corrupts-the-classroom/.
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