Authors to appear in the near future on Book Tv. Joining us on Book Tv is Author Philip Magness he is the coauthor with Jason Brennan of this book, cracks in the Ivory Tower. At first about mr. Magness when you do for a living . I am an economist at the american institute for economic research. Have you been in academia before . I have it. Spent about ten years teaching college american university and very college all over the United States but. What was your experience like . It was an interesting environment to put it mildly. Many good positive things came out of it both in terms of college i work with and the research that i did. I also got to see the inside behind the scenes of what happens in the way a university runs. And what did you find . My immediate take on it is, if we judged a university just as a normal Business Operation there are things that happen in universities that would make things like enron look ethical by comparison. Give us an example. The first thing is the we
United states but. What was your experience like . It was an interesting environment to put it mildly. Many good positive things came out of it both in terms of college i work with and the research that i did. I also got to see the inside behind the scenes of what happens in the way a university runs. And what did you find . My immediate take on it is, if we judged a university just as a normal Business Operation there are things that happen in universities that would make things like enron look ethical by comparison. Give us an example. The first thing is the weight universities and market themselves through students. If you go to any university they have literature they present themselves as you are going to get a worldclass education and open up all sorts of possibilities. Their promising high and mighty things but every student that comes to their system is going to get. But when you actually look at the results was coming out of the University System its a range of degrees. Some a
Series i am in pennsylvania and we are delighted to have you here with us this evening we welcome courtney thank you for tuning in and supporting the bookstore we hope you enjoy the program in my interview this evening, gina is a feminist Activist Writer and speaker and she is the Vice President and Executive Editor in 2021 is a former director of the feminist press of New York in the former program of the womens media center, she has been a leading voice on womens rights for over a decade and including the New York times, Cnn Abc Teen vogue in the Washington Post shes the author of this book feminist young, black and many others him this last week and is also available, check it out or swing by the bookstore this weekend to purchase your copy. Courtney martin she is in a cohousing community, popular newsletter and speaks wind that conferences throughout the country. Shes also the cofounder of the Solution Journalism in the chapter of integrated schools. Of course courtneys move for th
have you been in academia before? i have it. spent about ten years teaching college american university and very college all over the united states but. what was your experience like? it was an interesting environment to put it mildly. many good positive things came out of it both in terms of college i work with and the research that i did. i also got to see the inside behind the scenes of what happens in the way a university runs. and what did you find? my immediate take on it is, if we judged a university just as a normal business operation there are things that happen in universities that would make things like enron look ethical by comparison. give us an example. the first thing is the weight universities and market themselves through students. if you go to any university they have literature they present themselves as you are going to get a world-class education and open up all sorts of possibilities. their promising high and mighty things but every stude
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