Word: consulting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...zanne, nine years his junior, called him "a man to consult, and something like le bon Dieu"-meaning not the vengeful God of judgment but a kindly and paternal deity, the supervisor of hearths and gardens: in a word, the god of growth...
...world. But members of the University community have been using their particular expertise to make a buck for several years. In 1974, when harvard rejected participation in a public works project in Saudi Arabia because the government wanted to exclude Jewish emplyees, for example, two professors went ahead to consult on their own with the Saudis. While the Ptashne affair dealt directly with the question of University involvement with the outside world, it resulted in refocusing attention on outside activities of individual professors...
...University does accrue benefits while its faculty members are pursuing their self-interest. One professor of Biochemistry said his ability as a professor increased tremendously because of his contact with the "outside world." In general, faculty members say that when they consult, they keep abreast of new developments, so the university as a whole is much better off academically...
Despite the risks, real or imagined, extensive or miniscule, Eckstein and others believe that a University that allows its professors to consult will ultimately profit. "Suppose Harvard took a different approach and didn't allow any research," he says. You would not have people on the frontier of the sciences." Griliches concurs, noting. "You could say, 'Too bad, you have to stay home.' But would you be better replacing people in high demand by people without opportunity...
...details of courses and shows. The exchange is meant to be scholarly, intellectual, academic in the most benign sense: the university shelters the theater, gives it space, limited financial support, and a presumably interested audience; the theater gives the university a "living library" of drama for its members to consult...