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It’s time to reappraise the civic role of the modern university: opinion
There exists a long and renowned history of ‘civic universities’ in the Anglosphere, and they are often compared and contrasted with the ‘ancient’ universities, sometimes seen as the repositories of tradition with their rituals, old buildings and formal codes of dress and behaviour. These are unique cultures, very different from modern corporations, let alone globalised digital businesses.
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Interesting thoughts. I find it hard to imagine, however, what else can be done at the tertiary education level about climate change. The problem seems to me one of political vote-harvesting and the worrying size of the population segment that is refractory to complex explanations, a failure of secondary education. Likewise, the obscenity of wealth inequality is a moral and political issue, but how to deal constructively with the culture shock of mass migration is something that could indeed be explored and communicated at the tertiary level.