university funding / how do your universities work

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HOWEVER let me just say that even though i dont agree with risb on a theoretical standpoint it is mighty irresponsible to lure students into dead-end Gender Studies courses on the promise of a Revolutionary Tomorrow and then kicking them to the curb once the course is done and the tuition is payed. it's borderline scummy how some social studies courses are run, and even if the subject matter is interesting/important, it is rarely advertised as education for education's sake, and it's mostly syphoning money and CV into the pockets of a select few that took the teaching and research jobs to begin with.

within this particular reality it's fair game to point to the validity of these courses BUT and that's where i distance myself here, it's a problem that shouldnt be adressed by a) removing education-for-education courses/research from college altogether and b) glorifying the technocratic line of thought that aims to use education as a means to prepare high-skilled but low-divergent students for work.