Powell wrote:

"Bruce J. Richman" wrote

Speaking of intellectual integrity.

Hardscrabble® Ferstler wrote "I did not "flunk out." I had a
3.8 GPA in grad school, and the reason I left was that some
departmental backbiters managed to get my major
professor canned." Believe it or NOT )).

It's probably more BS.

The only thing in Howard's hands is a B.A.. A "BS"
(science) would give him more college credit
than he deserves, so to speak



I think he got a BA in BS ! LOL !!!

Seriously, though, a BA is traditionally awarded for some fields (e.g.
Languages, Music, Philosophy) and a BS for others (e.g. Chemistry, Physics,
Biology). In my own case, I got a BA in Psychology, but bercause I graduated
from a "Liberal Arts" college, *everybody* got BA degrees, irrespective of
their major - including those in the Natural Sciences. Had I gone to another
type of school, I might have received a BS in Psychology.

All that said, and in consideration of Howard's history on RAO, my original
opinion re. this "published" person stands.


(I'm also published - in peer-reviewed journals, but who cares? This
credential is not all that important to me or most others reading RAO, IMHO).



Even if his major professor left, he no doubt could have
elected to continue his studies with another major
professor UNLESS, OF COURSE, he just couldn't cut it
- either academically, or....... and this is equally probable
IMPO, psychologically (stress, panic, paranoid ideqtion
all possibilities at that point).

In Michele Davis's book "Fire You Shrink!" she briefly
discusses this very topic. She quotes studies which
indicate that having expatiation of success (graduating)
is a far better indicator of academic success over
college entrance exams or pervious high school grade
point averages.


No doubt true.



I'm speaking from experience in a sense. When I as
in graduate school (doctoral progarm - University of
Texas at Austin), several of my classmates "lost" their
major professors but not for any exotic, hard-to-beleve
reason such as the one Howie is "claiming". Their
professors simply got better job offers from other
universities and decided to move on.

Agreed. Howard wants us to believe that he took a
moral stand. That is not in keeping with the persona
depicted in this news group.

Agreed again.



Perhaps when the
program chair left the college canned (business
decision) the program... he did mention it was an
experimental program.


Too bad it wasn't submitted to DBT's



In NO CASE, did the student affected have to leave
school nor did they elect to drop out. No doubt, it *did*
inconvenience them and in some cases, might have
taken them longer to complete the program, but dropping
out after investing 2, 3, 4 or more years in a graduate
program? - Not Likely.

LOL !!!!

Well, things did work out for Howard. In the end he did
find his place in academia.

Reading the Dewey Decimal system and/or listening to CD's?


But there is obviously pain
from that experience that he has carried forward for
many years.

And unfortunately displaced in the past via arrogance, hostility, and
bitterness on to RAO - or so it seems. (Just an hypothesis, of course ).

Perhaps the metaphor about regrets being
the greatest burden we all carry when we look back in
retrospect is true.





They can, indeed, present a heavy load. Just like a house full of subwoofers.





Bruce J. Richman