As a retired professor, I have a continuing interest in the health and well-being of academia. In recent years it has experienced ill health and less-than-well-being; bluntly, academia jumped the shark.
Higher Ed has become - to a repulsive degree - a hotbed of leftist indoctrination, an enthused practitioner of DEI, and entirely too expensive. Doing so has squandered the high levels of public goodwill and trust it formerly enjoyed.
Recently some of those who value the academy have taken note and are trying to rein in its excesses. They are finding it a very difficult task.
Instapundit links to a James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal column providing advice to campus leaders, Its subtitle: “Why it’s so tough to reform colleges … and tips that might help.”
The column can help outsiders understand unique features of academia that make it change-resistant. Candidly, the column does a better job on the “tough” part than it does on the “tips,” but it makes a start.
