This is part 2 of An Independent Scholar's Manifesto, in which I articulate a vision of what it means to be a scholar and an intellectual without being employed by an academic institution. This series is for post-academics who still want to pursue their intellectual vocations, even if they have chosen to leave Academia. Toward that end, I propose claiming and rehabilitating the term "independent scholar." I would suggest that an independent scholar is anyone who pursues a life of scholarship as the practice of freedom.
Here are a few books and authors I'm drawing on in this video:
* Gideon Lewis-Kraus, "They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie? Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino became famous for their research into why we bend the truth. Now they’ve both been accused of fabricating data."
* Preston Cooper, "Is College Worth It? A Comprehensive Return on Investment Analysis"
* Frank Donoghue, "The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities"
* Benjamin Ginsberg, "The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters"