January 11, 2002
Putting the Real Drama of Academe on TV
To the Editor:
Of course television chooses to portray the drama of academe as a matter of faculty neurosis and egotism, trivial infighting, careerism, and salacious encounters between staff members and students -- as in The Education of Max Bickford ("The Drama [or Not] of Higher Education," by Jane Rosenzweig, The Review, November 23).
If television actually wanted academic drama to compete in intensity with law or police or medical shows, it might choose an overcommitted
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