For John, BLUF: Higher Education has left the path of the Enlightenment, and like Tootle, is lost in a field. And they can't even see the Red Flags waving. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From The Sword of Perseus, by Professor Victor Davis Hanson, 7 December 2023.
Here are the last five paragraphs:
The Ivy league and their kindred so-called elite campuses may soon go the way of Disney and Bud Light."Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18 [King James Bible (The one Paul used).]They think such a crash in their reputations is impossible given centuries of accustomed stature.
But the erosion is already occurring—and accelerating.
At the present rate, a Stanford law degree, a Harvard political science major, or a Yale social science BA will soon scare off employers and the general public at large.
These certificates will signify not proof of humility, knowledge, and decency, but rather undeserved self-importance, vacuousness, and fanaticism—and all to be avoided rather than courted.
As an American, I am embarressed. However, Professor Victor David Hanson bnails it.
Hat tip to my Classmate, Joe Griffith.
Regards — Cliff
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