Corporatist Gleichschaltung is oozing into many universities as they hire administrative staff who are oblivious to the teaching and research mission of the institution.
This sort of corporate creep is likely a trend. I recently looked in at the renovated student center of Northern Illinois University. Now prominently posted, the Mission, Vision, and Values. It’s part of something called strategic planning.
Ravi, I have a niece and a nephew who have been employed by Disney in recent years, and believe me, it may be corporate training, but it is woke to the point that even the wackiest of the woke student life deanlets would be aghast.
Missionaries routinely coopt local customs but ultimately they are selling their own brand of swill. ‘Woke’ may be the flavor of today but it will be replaced by some other gimmick. The underlying message won’t.
February 10th, 2020 at 10:55AM
The Mouse is a typically American evangelical religion. From 2003
“Keepers of the Magic Kingdom”
https://www.laweekly.com/keepers-of-the-magic-kingdom/
February 10th, 2020 at 12:07PM
Corporatist Gleichschaltung is oozing into many universities as they hire administrative staff who are oblivious to the teaching and research mission of the institution.
February 11th, 2020 at 10:33AM
Pure woke pablum of exactly the sort force-fed to us here.
February 11th, 2020 at 11:58AM
It is Corporate obedience training. Nothing woke about it except the terminology they’re using today as opposed to yesterday as opposed to tomorrow.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:17PM
Ravi: Love the phrase corporate obedience training. Praise your dog.
February 11th, 2020 at 10:08PM
This sort of corporate creep is likely a trend. I recently looked in at the renovated student center of Northern Illinois University. Now prominently posted, the Mission, Vision, and Values. It’s part of something called strategic planning.
February 12th, 2020 at 5:26PM
Ravi, I have a niece and a nephew who have been employed by Disney in recent years, and believe me, it may be corporate training, but it is woke to the point that even the wackiest of the woke student life deanlets would be aghast.
February 12th, 2020 at 6:24PM
Missionaries routinely coopt local customs but ultimately they are selling their own brand of swill. ‘Woke’ may be the flavor of today but it will be replaced by some other gimmick. The underlying message won’t.
February 13th, 2020 at 6:42PM
Your new pres is a one trick pony. He did the same thing at Miami.
February 13th, 2020 at 8:06PM
Anon: I wondered about that. Thanks – I’ll check news stories.