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David Singer, professor of political science atthe University of Michigan, has written to me andother colleagues that Huntington "should not be amember of the NAS, even if it is Class V," on thegrounds "that he has neither the knowledge nor theinterest necessary to conduct [scientificresearch]," that he has an "ideological outlooksufficiently parochial to question hisidentification with the world-wide scientificcommunity," and that Huntington lacks competencein "matters epistemological." As Singer suggests,one can leave aside the claim made by Putnam inhis PS article, that Huntington is"avowedly patriotic." The quality of scientificdoings does not depend on their being "patriotic" buton...

Author: By Serge Lang, | Title: On a Recent Non-Election to the NAS | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...have to offer something so good that a student is willing to pay ten times as much to get it." Silber favors low public tuition, but he is indignant about the additional $200 million in capital funds still needed to complete the Columbia Point campus. He points out that theinterest alone on such a sum could supply the educational costs in perpetuity at private institutions for the 6,000 additional students the new buildings will accommodate. "The issue was to provide educational opportunity for kids who could not find places," he says. "The places are available, but the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Scorpions in a Bottle | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

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