Academia’s Power Problem |
F. A. Hayek famously argued that among the defects of totalitarian government is that the worst people tend to seek and get the reins of power.
In today’s Martin Center article, Professor Scott Scheall observes that “a less dramatic, but equally perverse, logic governs American academia.” He writes:
The incentive structure of the modern American university encourages relatively unsuccessful scholars, those who fail to establish fruitful research programs early in their........