----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There are some lines in what Jim Devine posted ... > > > "satisfying the field's evaluative norms." > > that remind me of what I was told when losing my job years ago: > > "You must teach orthodox economics so students will have what graduate > schools demand. Once they are in graduate school the students can > question the analysis, but here they need the standard material." > > Fat chance of questioning orthodoxy in grad school. > > Sad to hear the Dean of the college of Arts & Letters with no better > reason than "satisfying norms." > > Gene Coyle > =================== And of course, everyone is a norm follower, there are no norm makers in the perfectly competitive academic market. Gotta love that passive voice............... Ian
