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2023-06-02 02:00:57
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Strypey on Nostr: npub1hcns7…yacmj > Fund it by students fees going directly to the academics who ...


> Fund it by students fees going directly to the academics who teach them, who then use those funds to run things as they choose

Chalkle tried that, inspired by the teach-ins at the Occupy camp in Civic Square. It didn't scale:

https://scribe.rip/enspiral-tales/dear-chalkle-2d4ae200106

I think the flaw is the neoliberal idea of teaching as a commodity "service" and students as "customers". Universities only started involving students as a way of ensuring succession. It was never their purpose.

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