Whither the academy?

... The Conundrum on Campus. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Mr. Menand argues ... that the failing credibility of the humanities has really not been a bad thing at all, because it means that "one part of the university," by continually enacting a "crisis of institutional legitimation," is "performing a service for the rest of the university." This is a little like arguing that it is important to keep psychotics close at hand so that we can better understand the limits of sanity.

Skip Menand. Read this.