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Supposedly, academia champions the ideals of truth and knowledge in a world overrun by political intrigues and commercial sellouts. But even this insular, scholarly community cannot keep out the influences of popular culture and politics. In fact, the most educated members of society can become the most persuasive, and thereby dangerous, proponents of irrational ideology. The musical A House Divided examines in closer detail the reactions of the fictional Riverside College to such propaganda and the mass hysteria that characterized the anti-Communist McCarthy...
...setting these technical difficulties aside, the musical does take an unconventional subject for a musical, yet nevertheless offers insight into the politics of conflicting ideologies and ambitions in academia. It cleverly relates the issues and events of another generation to contemporary times, such as Harvard's own ongoing battle over gender discrimination in granting tenure. Overall, A House Divided is a musical divided between its technical shortcomings and innovative potential...
...England the campaign will focus on thesciences, where university participants hope tohelp at least 120 scholars earn their doctoratesand encourage them to remain in academia...
Third, criticism that tackling "approaches to knowledge" generates too many specifically oriented classes incongruent with a liberal arts education ignores the fragmentation and specificity present within fields of academia themselves. Core classes provide a more coherent and useful sample from these varied fields than survey classes straining to cover too many fields...
Savkar, who intends on staying in academia andearning a Ph.D in physics, says that bothdepartments were extremely accommodating. The lackof a thesis and tutorial requirement for physicshelped him manage both discplines at once, saysSavkar...