Faculty Forum: Academia's Failed Populist Revolt.

UNIVERSITY faculty; ETHICS & compliance officers; COLLEGE teachers; EDUCATIONAL technology; SOCIAL conflict

A specter is I not i haunting universities - the specter of academic populism. The paradox of academia's elusive populism is that many professors may be objectively pushed toward a movement to which they are constitutively allergic. Finally, solidarity does not come easily to professors: the incommensurability of different forms of academic work and its often-solitary character frequently undermine collective efforts. [Extracted from the article]

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