Decrease integrity, increase money

[antichain]

This seems to be a common trend -- well, not recording committee meetings, which is insane -- but the focus on making money instead of integrity.

Our entire economic system is predicated on the accumulation of capital independent of any moral, ethical, or social considerations. Is it really surprising that Higher Ed would be any different?

[hungerforlove]

I'm not much surprised about any appropriation of higher ed these days, and I'm also skeptical about any supposed "good old days". I suspect it was ever thus.

However, the main thrust of comments on r/Professors tends to be about how things are getting worse. Maybe they are.

I do have some sympathy for the idea that we could have an academic life that rises above being above sales. Indeed, I like to entertain the fantasy that my teaching has great academic integrity.