https://www.ivorytowers.org/ Sharp critiques from inside the academy's walls en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:29:39 GMT https://www.ivorytowers.org/closed-for-good-american-campus-collapses-lessons/ https://www.ivorytowers.org/closed-for-good-american-campus-collapses-lessons/ Sweet Briar, Corinthian, and other fallen institutions did not die suddenly — they bled out in plain sight while boards and accreditors looked away. A dispassionate autopsy of American university closures reveals a recurring pattern of enrollment denial, debt-fueled construction, and governance failure that most campuses still refuse to study. Ivory Towers Institutional Finance Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:11:16 GMT https://www.ivorytowers.org/grading-in-the-hallway-adjunct-basement-semester/ https://www.ivorytowers.org/grading-in-the-hallway-adjunct-basement-semester/ From a shared basement office with four desks, one outlet strip, and a rotating cast of departments, contingent faculty keep the American university running. This essay argues that tenure-track reform conversations miss the point: the adjunct condition is not a symptom of higher ed's troubles — it is the load-bearing wall. Ivory Towers Labor & Conditions Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:11:16 GMT