Thursday, August 09, 2007
Saving a Myth
Since New College trustees are still operating behind a veil of secrecy, we can only guess what they are actually spending their time on. Based on past behavior, it is not hard to imagine them busily selling properties, concealing assets, and deleting hard drives. After all, their primary concern is not -- as they would have us believe -- saving the school, but, rather, saving their behinds. If a federal or state audit is coming down the pike, and we know the WASC investigation team is returning soon, the last thing the trustees want to leave lying around is any evidence usable in a court of law.
While frantic faculty are understandably concerned with saving their jobs, alumni and students might well ask, "Is the school worth saving?" I mean, the whole just, sacred, and sustainable malarkey has been pretty well blown out of the water. All that leaves are a bunch of nihilist manipulators and some crummy buildings.
Maybe instead of devoting our energy to resurrection of this academic monster, we should be seeking restitution from those who made it that way--the trustees themselves.
While frantic faculty are understandably concerned with saving their jobs, alumni and students might well ask, "Is the school worth saving?" I mean, the whole just, sacred, and sustainable malarkey has been pretty well blown out of the water. All that leaves are a bunch of nihilist manipulators and some crummy buildings.
Maybe instead of devoting our energy to resurrection of this academic monster, we should be seeking restitution from those who made it that way--the trustees themselves.
