Word: scholarshipped
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...appointment sends a strong and needed message to the academic world. Putnam, a highly respected scholar and former chairman of Harvard's Government Department, is expected to bring a new emphasis on scholarship and ethical standards to the school...
...recent years, the Kennedy School has drawn increasing criticism from both insiders and outsiders for its heavy emphasis on media attention and money instead of on scholarship...
Putnam's past scholarship should also help him consolidate the curriculum and guide the school in a more academic direction. Putnam is a renowned expert on political elites and Italian regional politics. His expertise landed him a job on the National Security Council during the Carter Administration...
Critics have charged recently that the Kennedy School has stressed numbers-crunching and preprofessionalism over intellectual scholarship, and many saw Putnam's selection over the Kennedy School insiders as a response to such criticisms...
Many left-leaning professors saw Clark's appointment as a sign that Bok wanted to commit the Law School to traditional forms of scholarship. Even conservatives said the selection reflected Bok's disdain for the political battles, and his desire to make the faculty concentrate on academic issues...