“I randomly picked papers written by the faculty. Wow, my mind was blown. At least 60% was similar gibberish. Constant politically charged assertions— no underlying data. Anti-colonialism— everything is somehow a legacy of racial injustice and colonialism. Never mind— no actual data to support that claim. The climate catastrophe— Immigration injustice— the department looks like a Democrat think tank."
I had the opportunity to tour Cambridge last year and was thoroughly disappointed. There is an embarrassment and performative apologies for the university’s history and accomplishments.
Today they are coasting along on a reputation that took hundreds of years to build.