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Readers of this blog will recall my suggestion last year to institute a new field of study: "distraction studies," the purpose of which is to examine the myriad ways university administrators bamboozle their faculties.

The purpose of "distraction" is to prevent serious inquiry by causing professors to scurry and run in pointless meandering through a forest of political shibboleths: "diversity," "multiculturalism," etc. Meanwhile, administrators wheel and deal, and all the time feather their nests, while the wild-eyed faculty face off against each other along familiar battle lines.

Consider creating such a program on your campus. Distraction is ripe for study. After all, we are so good at being bamboozled, it really should be a field in which one can receive an advanced degree.

Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 5:29 PM | Comments (3) | Return

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