Many of us who did not go to college in the sixties--those of us raised in
the working-class world--did not feel any "connectedness" between the world
of academia and our world.
> The academic world is now seen (by the looming society around
>it) as a marginal arm of the public sector that is supported mainly
>for its research/development capabilities--that, and strong football/
>basketball programs. What happened? Why does the academic world,
>generally, lack credibility and/or compelling interest?
I would have to say that it's because the academic world is, for the most
part, elitist. Even as an academic myself, now, I experience it that way.
And most people simply aren't interested in being overlooked, spoken for,
insulted, disrespected, and talked jargon at.
Renny Christopher
rchristo@toto.csustan.edu