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The implication being that academic politics arises out of basically non-issues? I should be able to infer Sayre never worked in academia; there are situations
by coherentpony 8y ago
The implication being that academic politics arises out of basically non-issues? I should be able to infer Sayre never worked in academia; there are situations where a lot of money for research is at stake.
- pc86 8y agoWhile I've never worked in academia, I've been in the room while professors argued vehemently - as if their very livelihoods depended on it - about who was sitting in what chair around the conference table, and who was sitting in the chairs up against the wall.
- mc32 8y agoI remember things slong similar lines. Poor IT decisions chosen so as not to offend faculty —bending backwards for them. Maybe it’s because it’s one of the ways they have to signal power or influence, even if it seems petty.
- Verdex_3 8y agoI wonder which is worse. If they were arguing that way for no reason OR if they were arguing that way because their livelihoods were dependent on it.