Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The USC post provides an ideal academic environment for the scholar, who has in the past taught courses on the literature of California and the literature of the American west. Handley, who was on leave during the fall term, currently teachesan undergraduate seminar on British authorVirginia Wolff.
The blame for this situation rests squarely on the shoulders of students. In so many ways most of us are guilty of putting comfort above challenge and narrowness above breadth in our academic lives. We scan the course catalog looking for familiar reading lists and flock to courses that cover...
When we limit our academic explorations by dwelling on our origins or our fields of familiarity, we deprive ourselves of the intellectual gains that come out of uncomfortable academic situations. While a degree of specialization allows one to deepen an understanding of a particular field, only the vigilant pursuit of...
"The difficulty in having a service life, a professional life and an academic life is that you can get distracted," Leaning said.
The panelists centered their presentations on their work in public service and how they found time for this work in their academic careers and their hectic everyday lives.