Someone said many years ago in response to a question about how many wonderful intellectual conversations there must be going on at Johns Hopkins, "Well, whaddya think the ivory tower is, a coffee shop?!" I was reminded of that by this discussion . . . 
Wendy.

 
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Wow...this is very scary stuff. Between this email and one you send last week its becoming clear to me that the ivory tower is beginning to renovate. -- Jason 

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http://chronicle.com/article/Professors-at-U-of-North/124308/

I'm preparing a short essay on academic time and motion (written largely at home).


--ben