Keep the University. Overhaul the Overhaul.

In the April 26th edition of The New York Times, Professor Mark C. Taylor argued that “Graduate education is the Detroit of higher learning.” Taylor, who is the chair of the religion department at Columbia University, argues that universities need an overhaul akin to that needed for the auto industry. His ideas are thought provoking, [...]

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Why You’re Not Fucked… any more than you want to be

The following is a response to a April 9, 2009 editorial in The Varsity, the student newspaper of the University of Toronto.
I wish to congratulate The Varsity on a strong and successful year. Your newspaper is a great asset to this University. Congratulations!
I also wish to respond to Ms. Levack’s editorial “Down but not [...]

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I’m back…

After a two month hiatus, I am returning to my blog. The lack of posts is the result of not much to say, but also a lack of time. While I imagine I’ll continue to express opinions on politics and the world around me, I want to spend more time talking about critical questions in [...]

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The Purpose of University

A thoughtful blogger, Socrates Votes, asked a question not too long ago: what’s the purpose of a university. It’s a big question (as most of Socrates Votes’ questions tend to be), but an important one. Much has been written on this subject – perhaps the best of all being Clark Kerr’s The Uses of the [...]

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