Khosla has been central to the growth strategy of our campus in recent years. We’ve added thousands upon thousands of students, gained new buildings, and collected billions in donations. But is campus a better place? I’m unsure. Growth across divisions has been unequal, transparency about projects minimal, impact assessments over faculty retention and wellbeing completely non existent. Indeed, if anything, the feeling we are left with is that campus looks more and more like the new Target at Price Center, and less like a university interested in promoting knowledge across the board. This is particularly clear in discussions about critical moments and decisions. Faculty is only consulted after plans are leaked which leads to immediate discontent. Why not take advantage of the fact that there are so many engaged and bright minds on campus? I don’t know. Becoming a Target might be killing the bits of shared governance that remained on campus.