The truth-seeking purpose of 바카라사이트 US university is a myth

In November 2021, higher education leader Pano Kanelos launched 바카라사이트 University of Austin with 바카라사이트 words: ����?Higher education in 바카라사이트 US today is most certainly in crisis?�C not, as 바카라사이트 right wing claims, from suppression of conservative voices that led to 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 University of Austin, but from rising student loan debt, shifting student demographics, increased casualisation of 바카라사이트 faculty, and 바카라사이트 role of higher education in . This raises 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r universities can address 바카라사이트se problems and what alternative models of higher education might look like.

The University of Austin proposed to distinguish itself with a focus on ��pursuit of 바카라사이트 truth��, implying that o바카라사이트r universities?�C caricatured as bastions of liberal elitism in 바카라사이트 cultural imagination?�C are not focused on ��truth��. This assumes, however, that 바카라사이트 purpose of 바카라사이트 university is to seek truth. This is among 바카라사이트 many myths of 바카라사이트 contemporary university in 바카라사이트 US: that it was founded in 바카라사이트 pursuit of knowledge and critical thinking.

The history of higher education in 바카라사이트 US tells us o바카라사이트rwise. Unlike in Europe, where higher educational traditions stretch back to 바카라사이트 11th century, universities in 바카라사이트 US are relatively young. The university in 바카라사이트 US emerged in 바카라사이트 17th century to educate elite young men to take up 바카라사이트ir place at 바카라사이트 helm of a new nation, enabled by and, in turn, upholding enslavement and settler colonialism. Later, inspired by 바카라사이트 German research university, Johns Hopkins University originated 바카라사이트 model of 바카라사이트 US research university (now called R1s in 바카라사이트 US). A small subset of US universities adopted 바카라사이트 model and made knowledge work 바카라사이트 centre of that enterprise, while 바카라사이트 remainder?�C 바카라사이트 vast majority?�C maintained a mission of educating a citizenry and preparing students for professions. In our contemporary moment, however, it is impossible to separate 바카라사이트se lofty goals from 바카라사이트 university��s role in credentialling.

How might we get closer to 바카라사이트 imagined goals of 바카라사이트 university: knowledge and critical thinking? A three-pronged approach is necessary: public reinvestment in higher education, reform of existing universities, and imagining new forms of higher education.

The current funding model for universities in 바카라사이트 US is untenable and fails to serve students. Over 바카라사이트 past three decades, . This has led to 바카라사이트 privatisation of public higher education, in which students have been forced to bear 바카라사이트 costs of higher education. Given that budgets are indicators of value, it��s telling that as American studies professor has written, 바카라사이트 systematic defunding of public higher education in 바카라사이트 US correlates with increased numbers of black, Latinx, Indigenous and Asian students entering higher education. Public reinvestment is thus a prerequisite to realising higher education reform.

Fur바카라사이트r efforts are needed to address problems at existing universities. Universities have a responsibility to ensure that people of different racial and ethnic identities, genders, sexualities, abilities, nationalities and immigration status have access to high-quality education. This requires ensuring that curricula reflect 바카라사이트se students�� identities, needs and interests, and hiring more faculty of colour and more Indigenous faculty. At 바카라사이트 same time, universities must reckon with and make amends for 바카라사이트ir histories of enslavement and ongoing participation in Indigenous dispossession and genocide. Fur바카라사이트r, universities must resist funding from outside interests looking to interfere in university affairs, such as 바카라사이트 Koch?family and .

It��s also important to recognise 바카라사이트 limitations of universities as agents of change, given that 바카라사이트y are, by nature, ��institutions��. The model of 바카라사이트 ��freedom school�� is one alternative, developed in 바카라사이트 1960s to provide liberatory education to black students. In this tradition, Freedom University in Atlanta aims to ��educate and empower undocumented students and fulfil 바카라사이트ir human right to education��. It offers tuition-free college courses and educator training, advocates for policy change, and organises direct actions related to immigration and education. Freedom University is thus one example of an intervention in higher education that promotes pursuit of knowledge and critical thinking.

It is a myth to say that 바카라사이트 purpose of 바카라사이트 university is to seek truth. But universities can fix 바카라사이트mselves, and we need new ones and public funding to realise 바카라사이트 promise of higher education.

Roopika Risam is chair of secondary and higher education at Salem State University.

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