I learned of an interesting article, "The Kept University," from another
listserve. It covers many of the issues that I have seen discussed
elsewhere in the last few years and about which many people are concerned.
http://www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/03/press.htm
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Department of Rural Sociology & fax: 607-254-2896
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Many people say that "language by nature lies," but I've never agreed
with that. Language is a tool. It can be used to clarify or to confuse,
to build collaboration or to enhance control. Clarity, honesty,
frankness, and integrity are gifts of the soul, and not all people
choose to unwrap them. And some, alas, are trained from the cradle
to use it to manipulate, rather than to witness. Those who use it to
witness, these days, are often ridiculed (unscientific, impressionistic,
emotional, undocumented, subjective), while master manipulators are
held up as exemplars. --Michele Gale-Sinex, 09/20/1999
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