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I might discuss this piece in an essay, but for now this is a solid read on its own, pushing past media panic about "liberal" institutions to address the corporate issue afoot:
"The ugly truth is that the humanities work as beards for billion-dollar universities. ... A cynic could easily argue that the core purpose of the humanities has become to provide the illusion of progressivism to deeply unprogressive institutions, helping them appeal to wealthy liberal students."
@MLClark No matter how cynical the aims of these institutions it seems to be working.