{"id":5261,"date":"2010-12-10T08:12:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/12\/10\/links-for-2010-12-10\/"},"modified":"2010-12-10T08:12:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T08:12:18","slug":"links-for-2010-12-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/12\/10\/links-for-2010-12-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-12-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/12\/academics-for-mere-politicians\/\">Academics for Mere Politicians | Wired Science&nbsp;| Wired.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not personal, and it&#8217;s not business<br \/>\nThis is a big one (that is why I put it first). A university isn&#8217;t a business in the normal sense. Oh sure, they bring in money and they spend money. From the outside, it is easy to mistake it for a business but it isn&#8217;t. But don&#8217;t universities produce students? Well, the outcome is to have students, but that is not really the purpose. What nonsense do I speak? Let me just say what a university should be. It should be a community of learners. That is it. All this grades and graduation stuff just gets in the way. 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A university isn&#8217;t a business in the normal sense. Oh sure, they bring in money and they spend money. 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