Distinguished University Professor David Marples pens a compelling article on the Arts funding crisis in today's Edmonton Journal.
Laurels also to Laurie Adkin for her letter on the same topic in the Journal, and likewise to Professor J. Nelson Amaral.
And best of luck to a colleague, Joseph Doucet, in his new role as Interim Dean of the School of Business.
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Good letter. Its not Arts vs. Science, but public vs. private. In the sense that, yes, Arts could probably find outside funding, but the dependency on that totally undermines their freedom and willingness to ask questions that don't result in a profit for someone.
ReplyDeleteIts not Arts vs. Science, but public vs. private.
ReplyDeleteNo, it isn't. It's about how much the government is willing to spend on the university, and how the central administration chooses to spend the money it gets.
Keyser, let me clarify what I meant. Its that the current Central Admin has been going overboard on stressing the importance of research fuelling business and technical issues. The implication is that any research worth doing should be able to attract business investment. This includes many areas of research in the science and definately in the Arts. Even in Medicine, there is an implication that research needs to fuel markets. This leaves out all kinds of fields that would benefit society (including social and cultural research as well as scientific and medical). Arts is like the canary in the coal mine.
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