Thread by @biblioracle

Sigh. I guess I'll have to move on from this, but it's do depressing. @TheAtlantic never bothered to correct the most egregious errors in the piece and now Flanagan is flogging a single report claiming a conclusion it doesn't make. #pairedtexts

The bad faith is unsurprising but anger-making. UC is trying to strike a balance that achieves their goals of making their institutions equitable and accessible. Flanagan wants to protect a status quo. These values are fundamentally incompatible.

One of the people in this shot is an expert on the issues. Another is using culture war narratives to promote her preferred world view. Guess which has more currency in the broader conversation.

Here's a link to the Geiser report that @JonBoeckenstedt mentions. Abstract in the screen shot. cshe.berkeley.edu/sites/default/…

There's no chance that @TheAtlantic or @CaitlinPacific will even acknowledge the debate that Geiser's report raises because their interest isn't in illuminating the truth. It's about a narrative and to acknowledge something that challenges the narrative is anathema.

Colleges and universities must recognize that they're fighting a battle of narrative. It doesn't matter that what UC did was careful and correct and resulted in the most diverse class ever. They're still on the losing end of the discussion. insidehighered.com/blogs/just-vis…

The bad faith narratives must countered actively, not just with facts (because in this case @CaitlinPacific is impervious to inconvenient ones), but by telling the story that underlies their actions.

I'm heavy on self promotion of my book today, but honestly, I think more people working in higher ed gotta read it. I have a chapter on how to navigate bad faith attacks as part of the culture war. beltpublishing.com/products/susta…

And lo and behold, which publication played a major role in promulgating narratives which have done significant harm to non-elite institutions. You guessed it... beltpublishing.com/products/susta…

Look, I get that college faculty and administrators and journalists and editors at place like The Atlantic are the same cultural and social class and we're all supposed to be hunky dory with each other, but Flanagan was taking a kill shot at the UC.