tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post7814781825739449392..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: Keith Humphreys Remembers an Old FoolBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-37838944989748118312012-02-27T15:14:08.153-08:002012-02-27T15:14:08.153-08:00Scrooge, it's a point that deserves thought. ...Scrooge, it's a point that deserves thought. My guess is that outside the top 14 schools, the number of grads profs want to influence is small and often identifiable in advance (though we've had a few total surprises here). Flip side is that in the new intensely socialized world of scholarship, professors of hum and soc sci likewise want to make sure they are buttering up the potential stars.Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-47252724253224788072012-02-27T14:14:08.450-08:002012-02-27T14:14:08.450-08:00I'd think that law school would be different (...I'd think that law school would be different (although I know it is not.) Today's law students are tomorrow's judges and regulators and practitioners, all of whom law professors want to influence.Ebenezer Scroogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-79749844523231863592012-02-27T05:51:16.550-08:002012-02-27T05:51:16.550-08:00I'm not an academic, but I've met hundreds...I'm not an academic, but I've met hundreds. It isn't that they are blowhards. It's that's tenure begets lifelong infants. As Kipling noted, "A [school]master is not a man."Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.com