Chicago Tribune: Tenured radical’ tries to revive professors group
WASHINGTON – In his professorial attire and flowing, Zeus-like beard, University of Illinois professor Cary Nelson would look right at home behind a lectern, expounding on obscure poets. He even resembles one of the leading influences on his scholarship — Karl Marx.
For decades, this self-described “tenured radical” has been satirizing academia and criticizing the “corporatization” of universities. Now, the man dubbed “scary Cary” by former graduate students for his pull-no-punches style has a kind of corporate role himself.
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