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The author argues that higher ed should focus on "professional" rather than "political" education. But there's an irony to that argument, in that the author teaches computer science--a field the US invested in to achieve its Cold War political aims. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...

May 3, 2025, 1:47 PM

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