The Soulless University

Choosing market over human beings

In A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More is betrayed so that his protege may receive a post in Wales from the crown. More turns to his traitor in astonishment and quips, "It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world.... But for Wales?"

This was the first thing I thought of when I read about Cornerstone's egregious removal of humanities and liberal arts. "For the market?" You're willing to trade your soul to be market-aligned!? What balderdash! Do we not know yet that such changes are ridiculous? They signal the downfall of the university. It is becoming no more than a shadow of what it used to be. Universities without humanities and liberal arts are merely technical training grounds in disguise.