The Second-Order University

The form of a correlation

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 30 September 2026

Second-order notes on ‘On academic freedom: The load-bearing wall’ Second-order notes are the workings behind a commentary published elsewhere. The commentary is written to stand on its own and names […]

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The form of a free journal

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 30 September 2026

Second-order notes on ‘On diamond open access: The donated hour’ Second-order notes are the workings behind a commentary published elsewhere. The commentary is written to stand on its own and […]

Second-order notes Series

The form of a branch campus

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 28 September 2026

Second-order notes on ‘On Egypt’s African campuses: The forwarding address’ Second-order notes are the workings behind a commentary published elsewhere. The commentary is written to stand on its own and […]

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AI & The Privatization of Thought

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 18 February 2026
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The Structure of Enclosure The enclosure of the English commons in the eighteenth century followed a predictable pattern. Land that had been worked collectively—grazed, gleaned, gathered—was reclassified through legal mechanism […]

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AI & The New Faculty of Divinity

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 4 February 2026
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It was premature to declare the world disenchanted. Max Weber announced the death of magic a century ago, and for a time it seemed he was right. The gods retreated […]

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Digital tools are not the problem; it’s their governance

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 24 January 2026
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This article first appeared on University World News on 21 January 2026. If the university had a ‘Like’ button, it would be a small confession of defeat. A button is […]

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The University as Booster Rocket: How Higher Education Is Engineering Its Future

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 20 January 2026
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A different kind of silence is settling over contemporary universities. It is not the contemplative quiet of libraries, nor the productive hush of laboratories. It is the silence of a […]

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Twelve Observations on the End of the University

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 13 January 2026
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A Prologue A particular kind of silence descends upon a lecture hall after the last student has left. It is not empty—it hums with the residue of attention, the ghost […]

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The United States is Now a Subscription Service: On the $100,000 H-1B “Pro Tier”

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 2 January 2026
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The ruling by Judge Howell is not a legal anomaly; it is the inevitable logic of the system. We are witnessing the final collapse of the “Nation” (a moral community) […]

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The gap between theory and practice: A bridge to nowhere

Post author By K Kefale
Post date 18 December 2025
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This article first appeared on University World News We have built the theoretical half of a bridge. It is elegant in places, diligently maintained in others, and inspected with great […]