Let's see now, Murphy ended his tenure in 1990. It is now 2012. A lot has happened in higher education since then, not to mention the larger society. Not much of it good. Murphy was at a public university with a storied history of free education Columbia is an elite private institution, with no such storied history. Hopefully, the new provost will prove a good man. Let's wait and see. Better him than Jeffrey Sachs. My guess is that Murphy, even in 1990, was the exception that proves the rule. But, 22 years (30 if you count when Murphy started) is a long time ago. I quit teaching in 2001, and I no longer think I know much about how even the school at which I taught now operates. Perhaps those who are now professors can chime in. I could be wrong. I mean, after all, the president of my alma mater was a pretty decent chap, in 1967!! And my dad had a foreman who was sympathetic to the plight of the working man, somewhere around 1947!!!
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