Re: The Fascinating Case of Marty Eisen
[email protected] Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:13:14 EDT
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--part1_6.277e4a6d.29ef234a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/17/2002 2:04:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Having heard so much about "revenue-based budgeting" and its cousin > "extra-mural grant support," I want to share with you some quotations that > I > have collected over the years. > > The first by Abraham Flexner directly addresses the misguided notion that > universities should be organized like businesses. The remainder address the > related theme of insulating (scholarly) research from various political > forces. > ***************************************************************************** Some may be interested in knowing Abraham Flexner was the organizing force and first director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. He also hired Albert Einstein and Kurt Godel as two of the first members of the Institute (which has never had a degree program). Flexner was a very interesting fellow. He also did a revealing study of the terribly state of medical school education in the early part of the past century that led to reform. A fair amount of information on his life and interests is included in "Who got Einstein's Office" by Ed Regis. Rebecca Auge, Ph.D. Oakland CA --part1_6.277e4a6d.29ef234a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/17/2002 2:04:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:<BR> <BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Having heard so much about "revenue-based budgeting" and its cousin<BR> "extra-mural grant support," I want to share with you some quotations that I<BR> have collected over the years.<BR> <BR> The first by Abraham Flexner directly addresses the misguided notion that<BR> universities should be organized like businesses. The remainder address the<BR> related theme of insulating (scholarly) research from various political<BR> forces.<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> *****************************************************************************<BR> <BR> Some may be interested in knowing Abraham Flexner was the organizing force and first director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ.<BR> <BR> He also hired Albert Einstein and Kurt Godel as two of the first members of the Institute (which has never had a degree program).<BR> <BR> Flexner was a very interesting fellow. He also did a revealing study of the terribly state of medical school education in the early part of the past century that led to reform. A fair amount of information on his life and interests is included in "Who got Einstein's Office" by Ed Regis.<BR> <BR> <BR> Rebecca Auge, Ph.D.<BR> Oakland CA<BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_6.277e4a6d.29ef234a_boundary--