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Talcott Parsons, professor of Sociology, and Gerald Platt, lecturer on Sociology, are conducting an analysis of the academic professions in America, which, according to Platt, should "dispell the misconception of what academia...
Results of the pilot program indicate that the large research-oriented university is now the prevalent model in American education. Despite this, Parsons and Platt found that the image of the faculty member who wants to spend all his time doing research is largely a myth...
...eight institutions used in the pilot study, whose identities were not disclosed, were divided into three "types": three of the schools were "high quality," three were "moderate" in calibre, and two were "less prestigious," Platt said yesterday...
...universities at the "top" of the higher education system, however, Parsons and Platt found that there is little pressure because the type of person on the faculty of such schools, both junior and senior members, would do research in any case...
...major project, questionnaires and interviews will be obtained from faculty members of 116 colleges and universities, about 10 per cent of the number of liberal arts institutions with accredited four-year programs. From these results, Parsons and Platt hope to substantiate these and other tr ends they found in their initial study...