Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Tyler Austin Harper isn't holding back. Harper, a former tenure-track professor in environmental studies at Bates College and now a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of the most interesting and sometimes polarizing observers of the academy.
In his most recent essay, Harper bids farewell to the monoculture he saw at Bates — administrators catering to campus activists often at the risk of academic freedom. Evan Goldstein, Chronicle managing editor, and Len Gutkin, Review editor, interviewed Harper about a range of topics, including that essay, what he says is the cowardice of tenured faculty, and more.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://chroni.cl/3ScBSOS
🎥 Video by Sonel Cutler. Photography by Brianna Soukup.
Tyler Austin Harper isn't holding back. Harper, a former tenure-track professor in environmental studies at Bates College and now a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of the most interesting and sometimes polarizing observers of the academy.
In his most recent essay, Harper bids farewell to the monoculture he saw at Bates — administrators catering to campus activists often at the risk of academic freedom. Evan Goldstein, Chronicle managing editor, and Len Gutkin, Review editor, interviewed Harper about a range of topics, including that essay, what he says is the cowardice of tenured faculty, and more.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://chroni.cl/3ScBSOS
🎥 Video by Sonel Cutler. Photography by Brianna Soukup.
