How the American Higher Education System Became a Factory for Bullshit Jobs

Srinivas Rao
Nov 2 · 5 min read
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On the night of my graduation dinner from business school, I walked over to my study abroad coordinator and asked “what exactly does assistant dean of students (name omitted) do here?

She looked at me with a blank stare. I said “he doesn’t do shit does he?” She replied “no comment”

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