So I was an unmotivated small state school student, and I recall several of my more interesting professors, who had degrees from prestigious universities, alluding to the fact that gaining tenure at more prestigious universities would have required them to compromise their principles. They never went into detail. I didn't realize then ho…
So I was an unmotivated small state school student, and I recall several of my more interesting professors, who had degrees from prestigious universities, alluding to the fact that gaining tenure at more prestigious universities would have required them to compromise their principles. They never went into detail. I didn't realize then how brave they were being by simply telling us that much... Especially the younger, untenured ones.
Some of the most rational and reasonable people I've ever met appeared almost powerless inside the very institutions that were built on the Socratic and Scientific methods.
So I was an unmotivated small state school student, and I recall several of my more interesting professors, who had degrees from prestigious universities, alluding to the fact that gaining tenure at more prestigious universities would have required them to compromise their principles. They never went into detail. I didn't realize then how brave they were being by simply telling us that much... Especially the younger, untenured ones.
Some of the most rational and reasonable people I've ever met appeared almost powerless inside the very institutions that were built on the Socratic and Scientific methods.