Should academic disciplines have both a purpose and a finish date?
Academics need to think harder about the purpose of their disciplines and whether some of those should come to an end
Source: aeon.co
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Scholars consider the end points of their disciplines (opinion)
What are the end points of our disciplines—and when, if ever, could we be done? Seth Rudy and Rachael Scarborough King argue these are questions worth asking. Recent discourse has taken a pessimistic view of academic ends, from hand-wringing over the “end of the English major” to warnings that developing artificial intelligence programs will end the world if climate change doesn’t end it first.
Source: insidehighered.com