As for administrators, they perform their jobs in hopes of moving on to a more prestigious position, often at a new campus. Sacrifice of other people s freedom doesn t matter. I wish the authors had dug deeper on the careerism issue. They remark that colleges and universities have taken on many of the trappings of large corporations, minus the accountability, but they do not discuss whether re-establishing accountability requires that colleges become proprietary institutions. Kors and Silverglate suggest two strategies for restoring liberty.
Court challenges to university oppression frequently succeed.
This is a great book, and that s not hyperbole. It is not an enjoyable topic, but one indispensable for anyone concerned with liberty in academia. I am in awe of the authors. It must have taken enormous energy, intellectual focus, and a burning passion for justice to uncover this massive oppression on American campuses. All lovers of liberty are in their debt.