Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The peer advising clubs and programs have two related purposes-they offer not only academic advice but also the personal advice and support that harried senior tutors and department chairs don't have the time to give.
"I don't want a game where people are stalking and shooting one another in the midst of an academic environment," she said.
For Sollors the heavy committee workload at times comes at the cost of his non-academic pursuits.
As often as not, academic policy is hammered out around small conference tables in departments across campus, in a labyrinthine maze of monthly and bi-monthly, ad hoc and standing, search and sub-committee meetings.
"Some people tend to like being on committees and they are good at it," says Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Carol J. Thompson. "They are their own worst enemies."