As a “nonimmigrant alien” with an academic experience of the US, I am building this hypothesis that much of why this country is at a dangerous time is because of the (substantial) detachment of higher ed, among other civil actors, from ordinary lives—at home and abroad. (1/2) https://twitter.com/bcburden/status/1345467835397648384

I look at how teaching & assessment are conducted and how the learning & growth processes are modeled & viewed, and I see many significant parallels between the political & academic establishments... . It is quite a depressing hypothesis that a foreign student has to develop.

Here is a great thread of relevance—from across the Atlantic: https://twitter.com/izbaron/status/1145608766597017600