SHE TOOK THE GRANT. THE CURRICULUM WAS ALREADY WRITTEN. SHE TAUGHT IT ANYWAY.

Professor Miriam Chao received a $340,000 grant from Gordian Technologies to develop a curriculum on platform economics, which mandated using Gordian products for case studies and guest lectures. Despite her initial pride, the implications became evident as she started writing the syllabus, realizing the profound lack of academic independence.