Behind a paywall, but can see this sentence: > Painful experiences long ago convinced Barvinok that requirements to affirm any ideal are corrosive in academia.

Behind a paywall, but can see this sentence: > Painful experiences long ago convinced Barvinok that requirements to affirm any ideal are corrosive in academia. If it's as simple as that, this feels like a poor 'slippery slope' excuse for being against them.