The Higher Learning in America; a Memorandum On the Conduct of Universities By Business Men
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For good or ill, in the apprehension of the civilized peoples, matter-of-fact knowledge is an end to be sought; while gainful enterprise is, after all, a means to an end. There is, therefore, always this mas- sive hedge of slow but indefeasible, popular sentiment that stands in the way of making the seats of learning over into something definitively foreign to the purpose which they are popularly believed to serve.^ Perhaps the most naive way in which a predilection for men of substantial busin...ess value expresses itself in university policy is the unobtrusive, and in part unformu- lated, preference shown for teachers with sound pecu- niary connections, whether by inheritance or by marriage.
With no such uniformity as to give evidence of an ad- vised rule of precedence or a standarized schedule of correlation, but with sufficient consistency to merit, and indeed to claim, the thoughtful attention of the members of the craft, a scholar who is in a position to plead per- sonal wealth or a wealthy connection has a perceptibly better chance of appointment on the academic staff, and on a more advantageous scale of remuneration, than men without pecuniary antecedents.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For good or ill, in the apprehension of the civilized peoples, matter-of-fact knowledge is an end to be sought; while gainful enterprise is, after all, a means to an end. There is, therefore, always this mas- sive hedge of slow but indefeasible, popular sentiment that stands in the way of making the seats of learning over into something definitively foreign to the purpose which they are popularly believed to serve.^ Perhaps the most naive way in which a predilection for men of substantial busin...ess value expresses itself in university policy is the unobtrusive, and in part unformu- lated, preference shown for teachers with sound pecu- niary connections, whether by inheritance or by marriage.
With no such uniformity as to give evidence of an ad- vised rule of precedence or a standarized schedule of correlation, but with sufficient consistency to merit, and indeed to claim, the thoughtful attention of the members of the craft, a scholar who is in a position to plead per- sonal wealth or a wealthy connection has a perceptibly better chance of appointment on the academic staff, and on a more advantageous scale of remuneration, than men without pecuniary antecedents.
What to read after The Higher Learning in America; a Memorandum On the Conduct of Universities By Business Men?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Veblen Thorstein to read onlineMoreLess
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