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And then I read things like this<\/a>.\u00a0 That\u2019s why, when people attempt to bolster Harry Potter\u2019s<\/em> image by pointing out that universities have classes on the series, I tend to yawn.\u00a0 Was a time when that might mean something.\u00a0 Even twenty years ago, a college course on The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, or a class that studied The Beatles alongside Mozart or Tchaikovsky, was a nod to their contributions to modern greatness.\u00a0 But today, being studied alongside things like this, suggests there is little in our culture left worth celebrating.\u00a0 It certainly confirms my growing suspicions that our institutions of higher education are becoming a joke that will only be laughed at years from now after it\u2019s too late for us to get it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"