Word: academia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hope, Gates indicated, was that the new liberal policies would bridge a widening rift between the agency and academia. But key Harvard officials, including President Derek C. Bok and Vice President for Government Affairs John Shattuck, said the changes did not go far enough toward eradicating secrecy and censorship when scholars conduct research...
...concentrators and faculty claim that those willing to take a closer look at their department will find, instead, a legitimate outpost of creativity unique within the ivy-covered walls of academia...
...have just been admitted to the most exclusive club in academia...
...world of academia, many consider a Ph.D. the most important and necessary ticket to a career in teaching and research. Aspiring professors spend thousands of hours and dollars to prepare themselves for the rigors of instruction and scholarly investigation. But some would-be academicians are choosing a less traditional path to apply their intellectual training: in the mega bucks world of big business...
Both Winthrop members emphasize the intellectual approach they take to business consulting as well as their teaching efforts in executive education and training. Responding to criticisms from "a few" historians that their work is not as intellectually important as pure academia, Kantrow says the career choice is not that black and white...