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The Modern University Barely Needs Students Anymore

The Modern University Barely Needs Students Anymore

Martin Gurri
Free the Inquiry 

The academy has been battered by the turbulence inherent to the digital age. A feudal institution reformed along rigid German lines more than a century ago, the university confronts an environment of instant communication and collapsed categories, defined by a deafening cacophony of voices and a near-infinite supply of information. This development, more even than concerns about “wokeism” and the like on campus, poses the greatest threat to the future of higher education.

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