March 11, 2010

Publish, Or Perish Intellectually

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URL: http://www.dartblog.com/data/2010/03/008971.php

Writing is hard. And I imagine that drafting an article for a peer-reviewed journal is the hardest writing of all. When Dartmouth faculty members come to understand the full range of views in a specific field, and then are able to add original observation s and information to it, they have passed the most arduous intellectual challenge that the academy offers. In contrast, teaching students does not impose the same level of intellectual discipline: professors can say almost anything they want about a subje...

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