Part II [Mark] Government funding of all literature and the removal of for profit publishers.
[Arlo] You caught me completely off-guard with this one, you commie bastard. But I am not sure what "literature" you mean, academic publications? Textbooks? Novels? [Mark] Equal distribution of grants despite that research may be contrary to the current Government position; grants that are provided through the general publics acceptance, rather than some old network somewhere. [Arlo] Well this is a criticism of the government, which is the body that determines whether or not someone receives a government grant. [Mark] The restriction of the use of science by politics. [Arlo] You mean political science classes are not able to refer to, say, genetics research, in their classes? Maybe you can explain this better? [Mark] Removal of silly disciplines such as economics and sociology from the public sector. You don't need college education to understand these. [Arlo] What do you mean removal "from the public sector"? You mean removing them as programs from institutions? Or as degrees? [Mark] Are you an insider or just a critic? What do you know about Academia, are you a professor? [Arlo] I am not a professor, but I've worked within the Academy for the past fourteen years, doing mostly instructional design but with a strong emphasis on information technology. [Mark] There are many things wrong with it, and many things right. [Arlo] Of course. [Mark] It is no longer the leading edge of knowledge, that happens in industry. [Arlo] What is? [Mark] College is just a training ground. [Arlo] Well this gets at my recent comments to John about the function of the Academy as an accreditation agency for employment. How would you suggest we change this? Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
