The Prevention Authority and the Cost of Doing Nothing
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We are, as a nation, in a surly mood. We dislike our institutions, public, private, and non-profit, we are pessimistic about the future and we are bristling with animosity toward each other. As Noah Smith recently writes, we appear to have finally soured on the one remaining institution that seemed to have some universal approval—college. Now, I’m not going to defend colleges and universities as institutions. The incredible growth in tuition, the treatment of adjuncts, the hoarding of endowment resources, etc., are acts of simple greed. As Malcolm Gladwell has said, no one who didn’t go to Harvard is defending Harvard.
The Prevention Authority and the Cost of Doing Nothing
The Prevention Authority and the Cost of…
The Prevention Authority and the Cost of Doing Nothing
We are, as a nation, in a surly mood. We dislike our institutions, public, private, and non-profit, we are pessimistic about the future and we are bristling with animosity toward each other. As Noah Smith recently writes, we appear to have finally soured on the one remaining institution that seemed to have some universal approval—college. Now, I’m not going to defend colleges and universities as institutions. The incredible growth in tuition, the treatment of adjuncts, the hoarding of endowment resources, etc., are acts of simple greed. As Malcolm Gladwell has said, no one who didn’t go to Harvard is defending Harvard.