When asked whether he blamed Governor Schwarzenegger for the situation of the university, Yudof replied, "I do not," and then went on to state that the crisis in higher education is "systemic," it has to do with the graying of America, large shifts in the culture and so on. In other words, this is something no one is really responsible for; it’s too big for any one person to try and fight. Yudof’s cheery resignation in the face of catastrophe is an exemplary instance of a public leader trying to avoid the mention of political responsibility. For the reality is that the defunding of public education is not an impersonal, "systemic" effect of some large cosmic machine. It has been carefully set in place over several decades by leaders and intellectuals on the political right who have worked tirelessly to convince us that everything, from Little League to the education of the soul, must immediately be "economically productive."

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by Timothy Hampton, The Daily Californian.

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