{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Educational Evidence","provider_url":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/","author_name":"educational EVIDENCE","author_url":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/author\/educational-evidence\/","title":"University Students, Humanists and Lightweights - Educational Evidence","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"S4TXgCWwin\"><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/university-students-humanists-and-lightweights\/\">University Students, Humanists and Lightweights<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/university-students-humanists-and-lightweights\/embed\/#?secret=S4TXgCWwin\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;University Students, Humanists and Lightweights&#8221; &#8212; Educational Evidence\" data-secret=\"S4TXgCWwin\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\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:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/humanistas_David-Cerda.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":506,"description":"Javier Aranguren has published a book on the university and its uses so astute that I can hardly do better than borrow its title for my own article, by way of homage: Universitarios, humanistas y cantama\u00f1anas (literally, University Students, Humanists and Lightweights), Rialp, 2025 is an autopsy of today\u2019s university so brisk, incisive and substantial that it ought almost to serve as the starting point for a full-scale rethinking of higher education in Spain\u2014if there were ever a genuine willingness to look ourselves in that cracked mirror and change course."}