This article is one of the few I've seen that mention the crucial other half of this phenomenon: these classes are really easy. "Perhaps the most unexpected part of life at the University of Melbourne was how easy the actual work was."https://quillette.com/2019/05/22/when-the-authorities-tell-you-to-dissent/ …
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On both sides of the market, which I think drives some of the phenomenon. You can teach popular courses with an adjunct instead of an expensive tenured professor. The adjuncts are ruthlessly exploited and, perhaps unsurprisingly, see exploitation everywhere they look.
It is probably the single biggest driver. At the bottom end of the academic continuum, fields of study represent an implicit bargain between students who want an easy major and professors who want cushy jobs teaching them.
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Since the papers in these fields are structurally so trivial (basically Andy Rooney monologues in academic jargon), they add social justice to make them seem important, in much the same way hot sauce makes you at least pay attention to even the dullest dish.
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The author claims to have received a diploma at Unimelb even though he: 1. found the course easy 2. was not challenged to take on deeper questions Shame he didn’t challenge himself then. He might have found the course harder & more rewarding, and maybe earned better than a pass.
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Absolutely. Did you read *Paying for the Party*? The authors are too enmeshed in the system to go all the way, but the book is damning.https://jakeseliger.com/2014/04/27/paying-for-the-party-elizabeth-armstrong-and-laura-hamilton …
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