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Next year, Kedlaya will begin studying for a Ph.D. in mathematics at Princeton. In the long run, he says, he may enter academia ("hide in the ivory tower and avoid reality"), conduct research for a private company, or work for the "government." He refuses to elaborate further on the last point...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, | Title: Breaking the Curve | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...denying myself a pleasure [by] not teaching," Buell said. "I went into academia to begin with to teach, and I think I should at this point go back to it full-time...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Buell Leaves Deanship For Teaching | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Song, who will spend next year on a Rotary Scholarship studying political theory at Oxford University in the Department of Politics, plans to go into academia. She will apply this fall to joint J.D./Ph.D. programs in government and political science...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Defining a Feminist/Activist | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...Waters] really encouraged me," Song says. Like Song, Waters struggled after college with the choice between a career in academia or law, according to Song...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Defining a Feminist/Activist | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Song says Waters told her that she chose academia because "she wanted to stay somehow activist through the academic community. I think it's really difficult, especially here at Harvard as a tenured professor, to maintain a scholar-activist lifestyle...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Defining a Feminist/Activist | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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