Stuck in those ivory towers


Academics are unique in their various types of expertise, but they should be sharing that in ways that benefit society, not competing over rankings.

THROUGHOUT my academic career, I could never relate to or find meaning in statements by academic leadership like “We must be No.1”, or “We must be the best university” or “We must get into the top 100”, or the top 2%, etc.

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