The Marketplace of Ideas Quotes

“What are the liberal arts and sciences? They are simply fields in which knowledge is pursued disinterestedly—that is, without regard to political, economic, or practical benefit. Disinterestedness doesn’t mean that the professor is equally open to any view. Professors are hired because they have views about their subjects, views that exclude opposing or alternative views. Disinterestedness just means that whatever views a professor does hold, they have been arrived at unconstrained, or as unconstrained as possible, by anything except the requirement of honesty.”
― Louis Menand, The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time

“The biggest undergraduate major by far in the United States is business. Twenty-two percent of all bachelor’s degrees are awarded in that field. Ten percent of all bachelor’s degrees are awarded in education.”
― Louis Menand, The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time