FHEAP depends on you to supply it with critical articles and analysis relating to Higher Education. We especially want articles and studies that have historical breadth and theoretical sophistication. The prevailing mood here is that most, if not all, of the education policy folks are clueless -- and we believe that they are clueless for three simple reasons:

1. They have only a superficial understanding of the history of higher education in its larger contexts (i.e., accrediting guilds, credential inflation);

2. They have no theoretical depth; their epistemological assumptions are foundational (i.e., essentialist), and only blinker the complex social and polical reality that forms the context for higher education in America.

3. The cognitive structures of policy experts are bound by the institutions that they serve, which have shaped and limited their perspective. Think about it: how many of the higher ed experts approach it from OUTSIDE these institutions and corporate cultures? None! In a word, they are clueless. This could be called the structural-cognitive limitation.

There are, of course some notable exceptions to this. For public education, there is Michael Katz, David Tyack, and especially John Taylor Gatto (www.johntaylorgatto.com)

 

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