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

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

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 […]

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The Paradox of Precision: How Ranking Frameworks Re-engineer Reality Through Observation

Institutional ranking frameworks, like India’s NIRF, successfully drive measurable improvements (e.g., more research, higher faculty qualifications) by defining specific metrics. However, this very act of measurement creates a new reality […]

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The Re-Description of Higher Education: From Autopoietic Enclosure to Geopolitical Operability

A response to the University World News article: Southern African universities build more scholarly bridges The contemporary higher education system, historically observed as an entity primarily defined by its internal […]

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The Regulator’s Paradox: How the Quest for Order Creates Systemic Disorder

A primary function of any governance structure is to observe the system it regulates and introduce distinctions that reduce complexity, thereby ensuring stable and predictable operations. When a regulatory subsystem, […]

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From Sovereignty to Systemic Curation: The University’s Second-Order Imperative

The discourse surrounding universities and artificial intelligence has coalesced around a seemingly robust concept: “AI sovereignty.” As articulated in recent analyses and presented by the University World News, this involves […]