Three Big Myths about What’s Plaguing Higher Ed
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The Past
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The past nine chapters examined all sorts of bad behavior from faculty, administrators, and students. Much of this bad behavior can be attributed to the perverse incentives individuals face because of the way universities are structured. Nevertheless, many commentators seem to believe that three powerful forces haunt academia. They are, supposedly: the corporatization of higher education; neoliberal ideology; and the threat of impending technological disruption. This chapter shows these three alleged threats are greatly exaggerated. It concludes that the problem with blaming all of them on poltergeists and gremlins is there is no real evidence they exist or are causing the current difficulties.