The campus isn’t ‘misunderstood.’ It’s mismanaged — on purpose.
AI Briefing
- Lee Bollinger's book 'University: A Reckoning' fails to address central issues in academia, instead blaming external threats and promoting a nostalgic, sanitized view of the institution.
- The author's own position as a wealthy university president and his tendency to gloss over student affairs and faculty concerns undermine the book's credibility.
- Bollinger's lack of candor about university governance and his failure to confront the role of student affairs bureaucracies in shaping campus culture and ideology are particularly telling.
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