The word “silo” is used frequently in higher ed. Is it an acronym of varying sorts? A job title? Could there be a superior intelligent liaison officer of administration managing the enterprise of the academe? Are our “silos” spaces to keep things safe? Is this where we place and store a successful yield-a research bounty-for distribution? Or are they disciplinary fortresses designed to hoard treasures and prevent others from sharing? Or at most sinister and at odds with the mandate of improving the human condition, did we build these with an idea to destroy others from a distance? The word “silo” is frequently used in higher ed. How do you use the word?
