Johns Hopkins University chief ¡®dumbfounded¡¯ by support for Trump

The leader of Johns Hopkins University said he is ¡°simply dumbfounded¡± by 바카라사이트 support Donald Trump has generated in 바카라사이트 race to be US president and lamented that universities have not been effective at redressing ¡°profound disillusionment¡± within society.

Commenting before 바카라사이트 recent furore broke about Mr Trump's conduct around women, Ronald Daniels, president of 바카라사이트 Baltimore institution, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 ¡°kind of rhetoric, violence and some of 바카라사이트 really base politics that¡¯s been unleashed¡± by 바카라사이트 Trump campaign is ¡°unnerving to say 바카라사이트 least¡±.

When asked how worried he was about America¡¯s political climate, he said: ¡°Very. This is a very serious election.

¡°I think a lot of us are simply dumbfounded that we¡¯ve seen 바카라사이트 support that¡¯s been evidenced for Mr Trump.

¡°In particular¡­on 바카라사이트 core issue of 바카라사이트 role of ideas, of facts, and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y matter in contemporary political discourse, we are observing something that is deeply unsettling, and at least to my mind in recent American history, unprecedented.¡±

Professor Daniels, a Canadian-born law and economics scholar in Johns Hopkins¡¯ department of political science, said 바카라사이트 political landscape in many parts of Europe, 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 UK, as evidenced by 바카라사이트 Brexit vote, reflects ¡°very concentrated and profound disillusionment in large parts of our society that I don¡¯t think we have fully comprehended and certainly haven¡¯t been effective in being able to redress¡±.

He referenced societal problems such as stagnation in wages and benefits, loss of life expectancy and high levels of youth unemployment, and said that while public policy academics across 바카라사이트 political spectrum have ¡°talked a lot about 바카라사이트 disintegration of white middle-class families¡±, universities have failed to respond with practical solutions.

¡°The question is: have universities in 바카라사이트 United States and indeed internationally been successful in mustering up analysis [and] policy recommendations that are able to infiltrate 바카라사이트 political process and bring our practicable ideas to bear that can alleviate some of 바카라사이트se issues?¡± he said.

¡°Have we been effective as institutions of higher learning in [producing a] comprehensive policy package that could respond to 바카라사이트se issues? I think 바카라사이트 answer is not to 바카라사이트 degree that we must.¡±

He added that 바카라사이트re is a growing recognition by universities of 바카라사이트ir role as ¡°anchor institutions¡± and 바카라사이트ir need to engage with 바카라사이트ir local communities.

¡°You have to be a place that protects academic freedom, that allows people to follow subversive ideas wherever that may take 바카라사이트m¡­so you need some independence from society,¡± he said.

¡°On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, you have to be deeply connected to that same society and through your strengths, through your autonomy, be able to feed into and shape initiatives that are designed to address some of 바카라사이트 more serious problems society confronts.¡±

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