Word: desideratum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most important criticism, however, concerns the apparent fear that the faculty might have to discuss and act on a case on its merits. The first time I saw this line I thought I had misread it. What seems to be considered the desideratum is that the faculty never be presented with a case that must be dealt with on its merits. Since that is absurd, one notes that "political" cases are specified. Very well, but one man's "politics" are another's "academics" and a third's "ethics." Is the question of ROTC on campus a "political" or an "academic...