higher-education
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If you want to observe what happens when a modern European state decides to drop the pretense of the “knowledge economy” and run higher education like a 19th-century meatpacking plant, look at the Netherlands. Over the past year, Dutch campuses have been engulfed in open revolt. Tens of thousands of students and faculty poured onto…
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Whenever diplomatic tensions flare up between Western capitals and Beijing—whether over naval skirmishes in the South China Sea, semiconductor export bans, a sovereign Taiwan, or human rights reports—a very specific ritual plays out across the executive suites of Western higher education. While defense analysts debate deterrence and foreign ministries issue stern communiqués, university provosts and…
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Picture the Tuesday afternoon routine of a college professor in 2026. At 1:00 PM, you step into a tiered lecture hall to teach an advanced seminar on classical political economy or evolutionary biology. At 2:30 PM, you hold “office hours” at a crowded, sticky table in the student union Starbucks because your department doesn’t provide…
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If you want to understand the absurd comedy of modern research publishing, you have to appreciate the great academic grift. Consider how the racket works in the “free, democratic” West. A scholar spends three years conducting research funded by public tax dollars. They write up the findings. They submit the manuscript to a prestigious journal…
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If you want to understand why higher education is in a state of advanced moral rot, you don’t need to look at falling test scores or corporate administrative salaries. You just have to look at what happens when a violent felony occurs inside the gated perimeter of an Ivy League institution. This week, the spotlight…
