https://www.chronicle.com/article/Higher-Education-Is-Drowning/242195 Of particular interest - "BS is the fantasy that education worthy of the name can be accomplished online through "distance learning.""
Has probably endured a prolonged gelding. But he must have tenure. Here's something on him: http://christiansmith.nd.edu
BS are emotional rants by "professors of sociology" who hold pampered positions at prestige universities, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education for God's sake, that seemingly consist of denunciations of everything that the writer doesn't like, without any coherent thesis or vision except his own dissatisfaction.
Well, remember that his theme is his dissatisfaction in the university being buried in BS. The theme includes the elements briefly noted.
My point was that the only common element that ties together all of his examples of "BS" seems to be his own feelings of alienation and dissatisfaction. He needs to better focus his critique on particular complaints and provide more argument in support of his denunciations. (I feel like I'm grading a paper.) Of course, since this was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, a trade publication read by professors, he probably assumed that most of his readers already share most of his views and will read his essay with knowing nods.
I know someone like this who graduated with a computer science degree from Princeton. That guy's argument was that tacit learning can't happen at a distance. A lot of people who attended elite schools in the traditional format feel this way. That's why they're often the biggest protesters when their schools offer their major online.
