if education in this country is bad for a long, complicated list of reasons, I can make an attempt at a joke by saying something like "well, being 'higher,' 'higher education" is bad to a 'higher degree' or something. but it's not funny.
the one thing you mention, Tom, is how ill-prepared they were, and they were. the problem is, we all k…
if education in this country is bad for a long, complicated list of reasons, I can make an attempt at a joke by saying something like "well, being 'higher,' 'higher education" is bad to a 'higher degree' or something. but it's not funny.
the one thing you mention, Tom, is how ill-prepared they were, and they were. the problem is, we all know it is most assuredly NOT because any of the three avoided massive amounts of "preparation."
I have to admit that, for entirely personal reasons, I LOVE stories about these expensive "consultants" being shown up to be not just "normal fuckups" like the rest of us but SUPER INFINITE MAJESTICAL FUCKUPS, on the level of, say, their crazy-ass FEES.
oh they had a LOT of THAT preparation and the Alumni Associations (or however these insane fees are funded at the institutional level to cause the least amount of institutional pain) are gonna be hurting for awhile. but if they'd gotten bupkis for their money, they'd be in better shape than they're gonna be for awhile.
it wasn't just the pathetic weakness of the presidents' responses, but how obviously lock-step they were...like folks who either 1) needed a lot more rehearsing or 2)had unconsciously decided to use some little Brechtian tricks for foregrounding the performative aspects of their roles. either way, it's not looking good. and the solution (Tom's, for the example closest at hand) is SO MUCH SIMPLER, with the fact that it's true being like some kind of added BONUS.
falling back on the "I'm about defending the indefensible because I'm definitely somebody else's indefensible" has always struck me as being about as close as things get to a win/win strategy in most parts of life
if education in this country is bad for a long, complicated list of reasons, I can make an attempt at a joke by saying something like "well, being 'higher,' 'higher education" is bad to a 'higher degree' or something. but it's not funny.
the one thing you mention, Tom, is how ill-prepared they were, and they were. the problem is, we all know it is most assuredly NOT because any of the three avoided massive amounts of "preparation."
I have to admit that, for entirely personal reasons, I LOVE stories about these expensive "consultants" being shown up to be not just "normal fuckups" like the rest of us but SUPER INFINITE MAJESTICAL FUCKUPS, on the level of, say, their crazy-ass FEES.
oh they had a LOT of THAT preparation and the Alumni Associations (or however these insane fees are funded at the institutional level to cause the least amount of institutional pain) are gonna be hurting for awhile. but if they'd gotten bupkis for their money, they'd be in better shape than they're gonna be for awhile.
it wasn't just the pathetic weakness of the presidents' responses, but how obviously lock-step they were...like folks who either 1) needed a lot more rehearsing or 2)had unconsciously decided to use some little Brechtian tricks for foregrounding the performative aspects of their roles. either way, it's not looking good. and the solution (Tom's, for the example closest at hand) is SO MUCH SIMPLER, with the fact that it's true being like some kind of added BONUS.
falling back on the "I'm about defending the indefensible because I'm definitely somebody else's indefensible" has always struck me as being about as close as things get to a win/win strategy in most parts of life
too bad it's as infrequently used as it is...