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Thus the Apostles' Creed states the orthodox Christian concept of God. In this untheological age, how many Americans believe in the doctrine of the Trinity...
Once Pusey has hired an assistant professor, there is no iron rule about promotion. He requests each year a list of publications by the faculty, but as he says, "Out in this part of the country, we put much emphasis on the great teacher concept. I am in no way minimizing scholarship and research, but I can see little value in large volumes of short articles." At Lawrence, where the faculty carries a heavy teaching load, Pusey has been very tolerant about a small published output. Then, too, the College library with its 75,000 volumes is too limited...
Once Pusey has hired an assistant professor, there is not iron rule about promotion. He requests each year a list of publications by the faculty, but as he says, "Out in this part of the country, we put much emphasis on the great teacher concept. I am in no way minimizing scholarship and research, but I can see little value in large volumes of short articles." At Lawrence, where the faculty carries a heavy teaching load, Pusey has been very tolerant about a small published output. Then, too, the College library with its 75,000 volumes is too limited...
...were once fountains of pride, universities are now sources of suspicion, even to some of their own alumni. Where before, they were subject to only routine governmental surveillance, both public and private schools have become legislative punching bags; cursed at, investigated, and legislated against with monotonous frequency. Even the concept "academic freedom," formerly considered as vital to a university as football and ivy, is in bad repute. Like "peace" and "democracy," academic freedom has gone the way of terms discredited through use by the nation's enemies...
...Radically changing the overall approach to mobilization of U.S. defense plants from ex-Secretary Robert Lovett's "broad base" (widespread sources of supply, including many small manufacturers) to Wilson's cherished concept of a "narrow base" (restricted sources of supply, mainly to big, highly skilled corporations...