RE: however, this is a tragic situation

I am speaking about Humanities Jim. Go back and re-read my post. I read my
sources, but why do you look for rationalizations? Jim, you play the
adversary's advocate well. So, Jim, why doesn't one of these prestigious
elite big city universities conduct a rigorous study? You try to associate
Big cities with Liberal schools but why should the faculty, presumably
recruited from across the country reflect the tendencies of the city? If
diversity mattered then why doesn't these big city universities recruit
faculty that does not fall into city demographics? You mention community
colleges and private schools but these institutions with a few exceptions
are minor players in Academia as a whole. Many community colleges don't
hire PHD types nor do research or work directly advancing the field nor do
many of them offer more than an associate and the few who offer Bachelor's
do so in limited fields but an appeal to include these with the primary
research grant receiving schools is a poor attempt at trying to dodge the
issue. Private schools run the gambit based upon their charter for
existence but again many have similar faculties to community colleges and
many are religious and so their bias or commitments are overt and not
covert. also, where the major universities lead the small schools and
community colleges often follow in a few decades. You mention that many of
the posts are anecdotal but it is the sum of the anecdotes that start adding
up to a case. You or John's isolated personal experience could matter if you
collected them as well. Statistical surveys are often anecdotes added up.
One worm per bushel does not make an infestation but one worm per apple is
much closer. You seem to come up with plenty of argumentation against but
in your middle ground, we are yet to see you argue for, but that depends
upon where the middle is and the middle depends upon the ends.
Daniel
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