{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"World leading higher education information and services","provider_url":"https:\/\/world.edu","author_name":"Kevin","author_url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/author\/kevin\/","title":"Academics fear the value of knowledge for its own sake is diminishing - World leading higher education information and services","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UO5gz0QOtK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/academics-fear-value-knowledge-sake-diminishing\/\">Academics fear the value of knowledge for its own sake is diminishing<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/academics-fear-value-knowledge-sake-diminishing\/embed\/#?secret=UO5gz0QOtK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Academics fear the value of knowledge for its own sake is diminishing&#8221; &#8212; World leading higher education information and services\" data-secret=\"UO5gz0QOtK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knowledge.jpeg","thumbnail_width":679,"thumbnail_height":329,"description":"A climate of \u201canti-intellectualism\u201d, faltering levels of trust in \u201cexperts\u201d and an era of \u201cpost-truth\u201d provides a rather dreary depiction of the state of academia today. Compound this with the reorganisation of higher education \u2013 where universities are run more like businesses \u2013 along with the politics of austerity, and it may be little surprise [&hellip;]"}