[–] [deleted] 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
[–] thesuperpapagai [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Colleges only do this to avoid being seen as "controversial" so they can appear more marketable.
[–] fuck_communism 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Yes.
At my uni there is a whole 'urban affairs' department dedicated to providing jobs, benefits, pensions, and office services to political has beens, never was', and various hangers on. Each member gets full faculty benefits in spite of only teaching 0 to 1 classes a semester. This department occupies several floors of an $80 million cutting edge leed platinum 'green' building (could have been built for $25 million and still been 'green') built by the political establishment's favorite contractor.
At this same uni there are dozens of 6 figure BS administrative positions created to provide jobs for friends and family of the political class.
The largest public uni in my state has a publicly funded to the tune of $10 million a year 'think tank' devoted to training union officials and agitators.
[–] CantBuySkills 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Corrupt, not necessarily... sell outs, definitely. What some universities do is purely based off of the wishes of the people who make the most donations to their campus.
[–] pitenius ago (edited ago)
You know how universities handle "rape" claims "in house"? Is there any way that could not be corrupt? I mean, we have a system to investigate drugs, rape, etc: the judicial branch of the government. You can imagine the scenario of these university investigators supports or undermines your own conspiracy theories, but we'll never know: the books are sealed. That's the picture of corruption.
Edit: wrong link. Shitty source, sure, but...