Word: academia
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...Lords of Academia hold that disciples are supposed to jump at Harvard tenure offer. Sander Gilliam, a German literature specialist at Cornell, has apparently not learned this...
Moreover, Wilson's condemnations of academia are often overly-harsh, often to the point of sounding adolescent. Though Wilson stops short of raging an outright attack on authority and its preceptors, his picture of religion and scholasticism is notably unsympathetic. Potential "heroes" are either washed up and disillusioned by their own insight, or undercut their own good intentions with overbearing concern...
...increased heat provoked anger in academia, where professors have objected to what they saw as a maze of unreasonable and overly bureaucratic regulations. University officials, like Harvard Financial Vice President Thomas O'Brien, argued that the government audits were conducted without regard for common academic accounting, staffing, and record-keeping procedures...
...Academia has adequately recognized the threat from outside. President Bok presented a cogent rejoinder to Nuclear Free Cambridge, while other officials have resolutely assured us that Harvard will not accept any federal funds governed by rules allowing bureaucrats veto power over research results deemed to be "sensitive" to national security. Similarly, official expressions of concern over free speech have been slow in coming but encouraging, as there is news that President Bok will soon draft a statement outlining his defense of the issue...
...endorsements, while others have used their expertise to help politicians by serving as advisors on specific issues. Still others have become active participants in a candidate's campaign organization. Ultimately a faculty member may find his support of a candidate leading him through the "revolving door" between government and academia...