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Tales of Western Adventure

The rigid standards of hiring and tenure are all that stand in the way of humanities professors as thriving public scholars

By PATRICIA NELSON LIMERICK

I am sitting at a desk behind a nameplate that identifies me as "Dr. Patricia Limerick, Marriage Counselor." I am looking earnestly into a camera lens, and from time to time, an attentive person...

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