Week 5 Ziyu Wang A02

After reading The Imperial University by Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira, I too begin to think about the political foundations of the universities. It is true that most, if not all universities, run on a political agenda that silences and suppresses scholars. It is also true that universities pushes certain practices and beliefs onto students just like lobbyists in the governments would do. This is all because that universities, while advertised as a site of education and academia, are ultimately corporations  made for profit. Students pay huge amount of money, sometimes even go in student loans debt, to go to a university with good reputation in hope of education. But instead, they get political biased opinions forced down their throats from indifferent administrators that only sees profit, ignoring the students' pursue of knowledge and demands. The school system is so corrupt that educators are being treated unfairly based on their actions, and if you whistle blow, you can consider your career over. I often wondered why people even go to universities. Information are free, and you can learn anything you want over the internet. Yet people want that stamp of recognition on their resume that they graduated from whatever universities they attended. That doesn't sounds like a worthwhile investment to me. Ironically, I am writing this blog for an university assignment as I question the basis and worthiness of the education system.


Reference:
Chatterjee, P., & Maira, S. (2014). Introduction: The Imperial University: Race, war, and the nation-state. The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent, 1-50.
Why Go To Universities. Retrieved from : https://superkids2016.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/%E7%8B%AC%E7%AB%8B%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C-1-why-go-to-university/