tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post7776516391728303578..comments2024-03-05T09:00:51.695-08:00Comments on DISSENT the BLOG: The Adjunct Underclass—and other intolerable realitiesRebel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695051285325585662noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-27788126316148152862019-05-12T15:45:33.742-07:002019-05-12T15:45:33.742-07:00We hive lost a lot - which is not a surprise but I...We hive lost a lot - which is not a surprise but I am losing hope because it seems so few care about what is gone. They are satisfied with mediocrity. I found this part of the article insightful:<br /><br />Childress leaves us with a vision drawn from what he calls his “four guiding principles” of how higher education institutions should be oriented:<br /><br />“A worthy college works to foster and to respect its web of relationships. It is a culture shaped and steered by its faculty. It places everyone into a place of continual learning. It asks for regular public demonstration of that learning.”<br /><br />Sounds good to me. <br /><br />Here is his description of life lived under the opposite of these four principles:<br /><br />“A college should privilege content knowledge over the people who carry it. It is a business steered and shaped by its managers. It places people into fixed roles of fixed expertise. It examines and measures the proxies of learning, evaluated only be an internal disciplinary audience.”<br /><br />That's where we are, isn't it?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com