Comments on: Big Corporation on Campus

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By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:47:40 +0000

Universities should be devoted to values other than mere private accumulation of profits. Such things as justice, knowledge, beauty, awareness, etc. There should be at least one space in society sheilded from the disciplining forces of the market and its profit-motive, a place where people are free to think thoughts and undertake actions that aren’t instrumentally valuable in an immediate economic sense. For the same reason that tenure exists – to enable professors to persue controversial topics free from political interference – we should be wary of the exclusionary effects of the privatisation of the academy. Also, to “daver” who claimed that students are interested in getting jobs after college: fair enough, but universities should not be designed as vocational schools. It is not their sole mission to train people for future employment. Yes, people need jobs, but there are also values other than narrow economic ones, and universities are places where those values should be protected and nurtured. The corporatization of the university is a threat to those values, in my mind. Along these lines, Richard, Kevin, and I all met a number of years ago with Jennifer Washburn, a very smart writer, and author of the book “University Inc.: The Corporate Corruption of American Higher Education”. Those interested should look the book up on Amazon.

By: Roger Workman

Roger Workman — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:12:09 +0000

The article makes it sound like a bigger deal than it is. I can see people picturing this as ESI’s corporate building right in the middle of campus with students walking around it. The building was placed on a site at the very edge of campus. The school gave up a practice baseball field (moved to the other side of campus) and a hazardous waste site (a large part of the construction process was removal of decades of “fill” from other construction sites around the metro area — some known to be mildly hazardous waste). There are no students anywhere near the building other than a few dozen who have very nice summer jobs. It was a win for the school since the students get a convenient place to interview for work and removal an eye sore and potential health problem. The company got, through a state subsidy, a piece of real estate that would have sat undeveloped for a long long time — close to the regional airport.

By: daver

daver — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:35:18 +0000

No a university isn’t about profits but isn’t the goal of many if not most students at any university to get a job once the graduate? It sure can’t hurt them to be closely associated with Express Scripts.

By: DJM

DJM — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:25:54 +0000

Brian.. can you expand on your thoughts? I haven;t made up my mind on the scripts story. I would like to hear more of your thoughts on this issue. thanks.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:38:56 +0000

The university is not about profit.