Many progressive academics are forever griping about unjust privileges and hierarchies in society — bad stuff that they’re out to change!

Ah, but the academic world itself is loaded with privilege and hierarchy, as Garion Frankel observes in today’s Martin Center article.

The problem, however, is not that academics are merely rude, or that insecurity is simply one of the negative trade-offs of a proper life of the mind. The problem is that this poor behavior has a structure and logic governed by academia’s obsession with credentials. In this respect, degrees, titles, and interactions with........

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