There's an argument that there's too much conservative hand-wringing about some college kids being nasty censorious totalitarians. /1
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Replying to @Popehat
I am someone who makes that argument a lot, and I firmly agree with you about the rest of this. The "scared admin" problem is serious.
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It's also not only left-wing, though-- admins scared of conservative legislatures & donors (or of Fox News) suppress academic freedom.
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Someone told me a long time ago that all education administrators think in terms of three things: Fundraising, spin, and damage control.
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If they do something that seems irrational, often if you ask yourself which of those three things it serves it becomes clear.
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Huuuh. I've been trying to work out an objective function for admins for a while. This is solid.
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