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How Severance Mirrors U.S. Higher Education Administration: The Compartmentalization and Bureaucracy of Modern Academia

Higher Education Inquirer

While this premise seems far-fetched, the shows underlying critique of institutional control, bureaucratic systems, and dehumanizing workplace environments mirrors certain aspects of U.S. In the show, employees are forced to conform to the institutions demands, stifling their personal identities. higher education administration.

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University Presidents Called to Action

Higher Education Inquirer

Beyond their influence in academia and politics, elite universities increasingly exert power over the very land on which they sit. These schools are not just centers of academic pursuitthey are political players in their own right, using their financial clout to shape the policies that govern education, tax law, and more.