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This Says it All About Academia

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This Says it All About Academia

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Michael B. Musgrove
Dec 18, 2022
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6 months ago · 12 likes · 2 comments · Ragen Chastain

I edited academic journal submissions by professors and proofread a lot from being engaged to a marketing Ph.D. student, to carrying her through a tenureship.

So I’ve read some bullshit.

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I myself have a (full-time, not expedited) MBA and have held the title “professor” before on campus. So I’ve come across this type.

I don’t know what her point is here, except to discredit the study somehow and bamboozle the reader with academic, jargony flourishes.

Who does this help, exactly?

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