Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Meranze of UCLA Calls For A New Social Contract


This is in response to a recent post by a fellow advocate for HE reform, Michael Meranze of UCLA.

Hi Michael,
I wonder, what is the disposition of Conservatives and Liberals toward professions? Equally inimical, I suppose? Trump can treat HE the way he does – as can any government – because the current HE model substantially depends on public money. I gather you would like to increase this dependence, since you would like to see increased public funding for this model.
You say, “A new social contract that preserves access, funds quality, and ensures academic and intellectual autonomy must be developed and fought for.” I have developed such a social contract. And as I can, I have fought for it.

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