Broken Towers (ePub)

Depressed tutors and disillusioned students. Cheating parents and greedy vice chancellors. Culture wars and faculty misconduct. Welcome to the shadowy, decaying world of academia.

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Our universities are broken. Consumed by funding and admissions crises, governed by corruption and self-interest, they have become frontiers of cultural, social and political division. Established as ivory towers and sanctuaries of higher learning, they are now broken institutions that are failing a generation of young people. This explosive book shows us why, and what we must do to fix them.

Anonymous has spent decades climbing the greasy pole of academia, delivering underfunded courses to increasingly disengaged lecture theatres, sitting on rudderless committees, counselling depressed colleagues and frustrated parents, and guiding promising young students through the turmoil of a university education.

From outdated courses and campus politics to what tuition fees are really spent on. From culture wars and dangerous liaisons to writing papers no one reads and turning ill-equipped lecturers into therapists and sexual health advisors. In this searing exposé, Anonymous lifts the lid on higher education and shows us what really happens on campus - and why we should all be deeply concerned.

Unflinching, shocking and painfully amusing, this first-hand account provides an insider's view of how the founding principles of academia are in decline and why we should all consider what this means for the students of today, tomorrow and the world they will shape.