Comments on: On Your Way to the Ph.D.? Take the Left Fork in the Road http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/ Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. -C.S. Lewis Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:55:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John B. http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-25 John B. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:53:37 +0000 http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/#comment-25 Paul, Thanks for this real-life example. Some professors on faculty at Christian institutions point out that they actually have MORE academic freedom in the faith-based classroom than they once did at secular teaching posts. Nick Wolterstorff has made a similar case for the value of teaching in a faith-based institution vs. a state institution. Thanks for the comment! Paul,
Thanks for this real-life example. Some professors on faculty at Christian institutions point out that they actually have MORE academic freedom in the faith-based classroom than they once did at secular teaching posts. Nick Wolterstorff has made a similar case for the value of teaching in a faith-based institution vs. a state institution. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Paul http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Paul Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:37:59 +0000 http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/#comment-24 At a theology conference I attended this week I met an adjunct professor of theology from Princeton. We talked about the state of PhDs today as he just finished his last year and now serves as adviser to PhD candidates. I was surprised, not by what he said, but that someone on the "inside" would say it. He said that the system was broken (and so much so) that universities would be better off not requiring that the professors it hires have attained PhDs. The current system, he said, is simply a series of hoops that candidates are supposed to jump through, **all the while saying nothing that would rock the ideological boat.** He told me (as an example) that if I came to Princeton and said all the right (left) things and none of the wrong (right) things I could get through just fine. If I decided to draw my proverbial line in the sand regarding any matter of Biblical orthodoxy they'd have me out of there in a minute. The end result, he claimed, were a bunch of politically-savvy yes-men. At a theology conference I attended this week I met an adjunct professor of theology from Princeton. We talked about the state of PhDs today as he just finished his last year and now serves as adviser to PhD candidates. I was surprised, not by what he said, but that someone on the “inside” would say it. He said that the system was broken (and so much so) that universities would be better off not requiring that the professors it hires have attained PhDs. The current system, he said, is simply a series of hoops that candidates are supposed to jump through, **all the while saying nothing that would rock the ideological boat.** He told me (as an example) that if I came to Princeton and said all the right (left) things and none of the wrong (right) things I could get through just fine. If I decided to draw my proverbial line in the sand regarding any matter of Biblical orthodoxy they’d have me out of there in a minute. The end result, he claimed, were a bunch of politically-savvy yes-men.

]]> By: John B. http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-17 John B. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:47:27 +0000 http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/#comment-17 Your point might have been a fair one if it weren't for the fact that even a broken clock is correct twice a day. Note the substance of my blogpost is the new study, not Horowitz. Thanks for the comment! JDB Your point might have been a fair one if it weren’t for the fact that even a broken clock is correct twice a day. Note the substance of my blogpost is the new study, not Horowitz. Thanks for the comment!
JDB

]]> By: Lamord http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Lamord Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:49:53 +0000 http://johnbasie.com/2008/03/11/on-your-way-to-the-phd-take-the-left-fork-in-the-road/#comment-16 Really — You're citing Horowitz? And you expect to be taken seriously? John, John, John . . . Really — You’re citing Horowitz? And you expect to be taken seriously?

John, John, John . . .

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