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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clifford Ando is essential reading on the issues at the U of C: https://chicagomaroon.com/40932/viewpoints/op-ed/west-virginia-chicago-is-happening-to-you-the-fight-for-the-modern-university/

It's been badly mismanaged for a while now. As an alumnus, I'm incredibly disappointed. It was a special place for me.[/quote]

While I agree that Prof Ando's articles are interesting, there is something odd about the torrential animosity he displays towards his employer. I mean...no one is forcing you to teach there. If U Chicago is the Devil, go get another job?[/quote]

Actually, the article is analytical and informative in the tone of an academic research article[/quote]

I originally posted the link and I agree. It's not animosity, he just cares about the university and its mission and wants to see it well run. That's not even uncommon for people at badly run for profit companies. It's even less odd at an institution that, reasonably I think, commands more loyalty than most companies. [/quote]

Read his other stuff and get back to me. It's almost pathological.[/quote]

I've read most of it. I'm an alumnus and read The Maroon regularly. To the extent that he's frustrated with the way the administration has run the university, that's reasonable. Traditionally, the university IS the faculty not the employer of the faculty. It's not odd at all for faculty to speak up about mismanagement of a university, it's one of their roles.[/quote]

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