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by linksnapzz 868 days ago
“The point of a University is to give a civilization what it needs; not what businessmen want.”

Dijkstra never missed.

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Does civilization need an ever expanding crowd of viceprobosts for campus inclusivity et al.?

Because that seems to be the most vibrant sector of the academic world nowadays: ever more administrators.

No business I worked for values what modern universities are producing.