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On the Comment about Rhodes College

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Submitted by T. S. (United States), Jun 10, 2011 at 13:28

If you spent 12 years as an adjunct faculty member, and thus did not become tenure-track after your first six years there, you're bound to be grumpy about anything. The fact is: some colleges are more conservative or more liberal than others. The purist temptation is to reject something if it has a speck of dirt on it, and never to compromise. I would rather go to Rhodes than to Berkeley, and so would any sane conservative.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Rhodes College NOT conservative [33 words]Ruth McClainNov 24, 2006 17:0967213
On the Comment about Rhodes College [77 words]T. S.Jun 10, 2011 13:2867213
Rhodes College is not conservative [51 words]ramcclainJun 10, 2011 18:1967213
Many other factors [282 words]BenNov 2, 2006 20:2465140
Ben [64 words]MichaelNov 24, 2006 19:3965140
The problem with the universities came when they greedily reached forth their hands and took... [124 words]Rick HouseOct 30, 2006 15:4464819
50 Years of Public Education [315 words]D WilliamsOct 24, 2006 21:1864408
sadly correct.. [200 words]donvanOct 26, 2006 17:0464408
yup... [49 words]WolfgangDec 8, 2006 14:4664408
Negative Leaning [42 words]Ben SamuelOct 9, 2006 12:5459383

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