The recent Manny Ramirez saga, which culminated yesterday afternoon when the Red Sox traded him for fifty cents on the dollar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, has made me wonder: what would the world be like if academia operated like the professional sports universe? As Peter Gammons has explained, the Sox realized [...]
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If Academia Operated Like the Professional Sports Universe
Posted in Capitalism, Pedagogy, Sports, tagged academic careerism, Boston Red Sox, contract negotiations, Favre, Manny Ramirez, Peter Gammons, tenure, The Ivory Tower and its Discontents, trades, university as corporation on August 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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