Academia turned into Hoop Dreams decades ago, in many college departments. I saw it happening with grad student TAs and community college "adjunct professors" that I knew. It's a Star System- with an inside track for nonwhites, women, and LGBTc. Although I understand the rationale for that, and basically support it. The wider context is …
Academia turned into Hoop Dreams decades ago, in many college departments. I saw it happening with grad student TAs and community college "adjunct professors" that I knew. It's a Star System- with an inside track for nonwhites, women, and LGBTc. Although I understand the rationale for that, and basically support it. The wider context is that even if all white males were to be excluded entirely (which is not the case) in many departments there are still many more candidates for tenure track than there are available jobs, especially given the declining demographics of the youth population providing most of the students.
Not only that, education is a field where Automation has yet to really kick in; the Covid era has given us an inkling of its potential (and its limitations, as well.)
Ironically, a whole lot of low to mid-level STEM courses could probably be taught entirely by machines more cheaply and efficiently than by humans. You'd want humans around for hands-on practical courses and lab sessions. But the math foundation can probably be taught directly by a nice, neat, impassive and impartial AI program. On Youtube. To a class of a million. Who is it that's doing that stuff already? I forgot the name of the person, and his Youtube channel. Brilliant use of the Internet. In contrast to a lot of the other ways it gets used, that make people millionaires and billionaires.
Academia turned into Hoop Dreams decades ago, in many college departments. I saw it happening with grad student TAs and community college "adjunct professors" that I knew. It's a Star System- with an inside track for nonwhites, women, and LGBTc. Although I understand the rationale for that, and basically support it. The wider context is that even if all white males were to be excluded entirely (which is not the case) in many departments there are still many more candidates for tenure track than there are available jobs, especially given the declining demographics of the youth population providing most of the students.
Not only that, education is a field where Automation has yet to really kick in; the Covid era has given us an inkling of its potential (and its limitations, as well.)
Ironically, a whole lot of low to mid-level STEM courses could probably be taught entirely by machines more cheaply and efficiently than by humans. You'd want humans around for hands-on practical courses and lab sessions. But the math foundation can probably be taught directly by a nice, neat, impassive and impartial AI program. On Youtube. To a class of a million. Who is it that's doing that stuff already? I forgot the name of the person, and his Youtube channel. Brilliant use of the Internet. In contrast to a lot of the other ways it gets used, that make people millionaires and billionaires.