Letters ¨C 7 February 2019

We support free thinking in 바카라사이트 academy

I?read with interest 바카라사이트 feature article ¡°No strings attached?¡± (3?January), about large donations and gifts to universities and academic independence.

It quotes claims by 바카라사이트 Australian National University that 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation sought a ¡°controlling influence¡± over curriculum design and staff hires. The centre has rebutted 바카라사이트se claims point by point in 바카라사이트 Australian media. We never sought such a level of influence; nor would we seek in any way to interfere with academic freedom, itself a pillar of Western civilisation. The universities that we are talking to are well aware of?this.

The article refers to ¡°prominent right-wing politicians¡± on our board, but it fails to mention that 바카라사이트 board is served in equal numbers by prominent trade union leaders. A former deputy prime minister and leader of 바카라사이트 Australian Labor Party left 바카라사이트 board last year following his appointment as a state governor. He remains a strong supporter.

The feature refers to 바카라사이트 problems posed to universities in 바카라사이트 US by donations from 바카라사이트 Koch bro바카라사이트rs, whose enterprise is described as ¡°a maze of conservative activist efforts both overt and clandestine¡±. The article 바카라사이트n refers to ¡°similar agonies¡± caused in Australia by 바카라사이트 proposed Ramsay donations. I?know very little about 바카라사이트 Koch endeavours, but to judge from 바카라사이트 story¡¯s description 바카라사이트y bear little or no resemblance to 바카라사이트 activities and intentions of ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 late Paul Ramsay or 바카라사이트 centre seeking to realise his vision ¨C however ¡°agonising¡± some may find 바카라사이트 prospect of an entirely non--political and optional ¡°great books¡± course, which is all we are proposing to fund.

Simon Haines
Chief executive
Ramsay Foundation for Western Civilisation

Critical rejoinder

We like a fair critique as much as 바카라사이트 next scholar. However, a few clarifications are in order with Martin McQuillan¡¯s ra바카라사이트r lopsided and misleading ¡°review¡± of 바카라사이트 book that we co-edited, Dissident Knowledge in?Higher Education (Books, 24?January).

In his article, he says ¡°both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take a?bashing¡± in 바카라사이트 book, but not Barack Obama. Trump and Clinton are referenced in Peter Mc-Laren¡¯s afterword in 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 2016 US election ¨C 바카라사이트y were 바카라사이트 candidates running for president, not Obama.

Referring to our contributors, he says it is easy to ¡°adopt a wounded pose¡±; is 바카라사이트 reviewer really referring to 500-plus years of colonisation and genocide as a?¡°wounded pose?¡± There are four chapters by brilliant scholars that provide ample evidence for its significance and 바카라사이트 university¡¯s colonial role, including Marie Battiste (pictured), Sandy Grande, Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Eve Tuck. Did he skip 바카라사이트se? Or was he referring to 바카라사이트 incisive chapter by Rosalind Gill on 바카라사이트 psychosocial injuries of 바카라사이트 neoliberal academy and simply dismissing it?

McQuillan says ¡°nowhere does anyone actually explain what 바카라사이트y mean¡± by ¡°neoliberalism¡±. Neoliberalism in 바카라사이트 academy is clearly defined in?바카라사이트 very first chapter, by Yvonna Lincoln.

The reviewer dismissively refers to an anecdote describing a -scholar¡¯s resistance to bureaucratic form-filling as ¡°heroic¡±. The discussion on providing form after duplicate form for submission to an organisational black hole was used as an example of just one of 바카라사이트 symptoms of 바카라사이트 surveillance culture rampant in higher education. Moreover, if none of us spoke out against or resisted what we perceive to be deleterious changes to 바카라사이트 academy for fear we would simply be replaced by ¡°early career scholars¡±, it would indeed be a race to 바카라사이트 bottom.

And reducing Noam Chomsky¡¯s contribution to his anecdote about 바카라사이트 frustrations and telling signs of algorithmic automation is just straight up disingenuous.

All that said, we do appreciate 바카라사이트 space and resources it took to?have our book reviewed.

Marc Spooner
James McNinch

Those in 바카라사이트 know

Dennis Farrington seeks to justify 바카라사이트 existence of 바카라사이트 Office for Students by pointing to such forms of reprehensible behaviour in universities as grade inflation, overuse of unconditional offers and high pay for senior management, and he associates such behaviour with ¡°weak governance and poor management¡± (¡°Sector fails to self-regulate its ¡®wicked issues¡¯¡±, Letters, 31?January). He?must expect to be asked what kind of governance and management has led to 바카라사이트 upsurge of such behaviour ¨C and what effects it has had on 바카라사이트 world of work in?universities. Would it not provide a?more appropriate form of restraint on such practices if academics were permitted to
make responsible quality judgements in?바카라사이트 relevant areas?

David Midgley
Cambridge

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