Joseph Manson, former professor at UCLA, recently wrote about his departure from the school. The reason Manson is leaving UCLA is ‘because the woke takeover of higher education has ruined academic life.’
Joseph Manson, former anthropology professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has retired due to what he describes as a “woke takeover” of the institution.
“I am retiring this summer because the woke takeover of higher education has ruined academic life,” Manson wrote in a July 7 essay titled ‘Why I’m Giving Up Tenure at UCLA.’
In the piece, Manson describes his experiences within and outside of the school’s anthropology department, both of which are “showing all the signs of woke capture that typify the contemporary U.S. university,” according to Manson.
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