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SUMMARY:What use is a college education? - Dr Don MacDonald
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CONTACT:Lloyd West
DESCRIPTION:Cambridge University is increasingly influenced by the world o
 f business\, both through direct contact and funding\, and through the all
  pervasive spirit of profit-loss calculation. This raises serious challeng
 es to the place of free\, independent and critical thinking in the Univers
 ity: Are academics compelled to serve profit rather than truth in their re
 search? Has undergraduate education become a mere production line\, genera
 ting consultants for the private sector\, rather than thinkers for society
 ? Have we lost the ability to justify thinking outside of economic grounds
 ?	\n\nOur 5th lecture series tries to shed a critical light on the current
  developments within our institution\, and\, more generally\, to ask if th
 ere is any free space of thinking left which has not yet been taken over b
 y economic rationality. It seeks to ask how\, in an age when the universit
 y's activities are predominantly judged and legitimised in terms of utilit
 y and profit\, can we\, both students and academics\, act to secure freedo
 m from this crude and unforgiving rationality and maintain the critical di
 stance necessary to question its place as a dominant rationality of our ti
 me.\n\nFor more information please refer to our website: http://www.srcf.u
 cam.org/think
LOCATION:Lloyd Room\, Christ’s College
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