Yep, doesn't look good. I think the high end academia world is similar to the C-level suite in big corporations. Half the accolades are embellished until someone does some actual work and finds that the factual record doesn't quite match what was put on the PR piece sent out to the public. But the name of the game is how much attention and grant business you can bring to the school, ergo tenure as a reward. It's a very messy dog-eat-dog world there in a very small group of people running the show.
Yep, doesn't look good. I think the high end academia world is similar to the C-level suite in big corporations. Half the accolades are embellished until someone does some actual work and finds that the factual record doesn't quite match what was put on the PR piece sent out to the public. But the name of the game is how much attention and grant business you can bring to the school, ergo tenure as a reward. It's a very messy dog-eat-dog world there in a very small group of people running the show.