Nicholas B. Dirks

Nicholas B. Dirks, the former chancellor of UC Berkeley, is the president of the New York Academy of Sciences. He is the author of City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University.

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  1. Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself

    American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.

    Nicholas B. Dirks
    A graduation cap with an American flag–painted dart thrown into its center
    Illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Sources: Kryssia Campos / Getty; Mimi Haddon / Getty; Tooga / Getty.