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Subject:Re: PhD Programs From:"R. Darren Carlton" <wk06248 -at- WORLDLINK -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Feb 1994 19:51:24 -0500
Paul, you're kidding, right?
As a recent graduate of RPI's master's program, I have nothing but laudatory
comments about LL&C. I would be insulted by your posting, but you're so off
base that I'm convinced you're just kidding.
You wrote:
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Most LLC/RPI faculty members have no
professional or academic qualifications and no experience in the
field. Neither has the program any official accreditation.
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Which is entirely untrue. Just look through any STC publication; you'll find
that RPI professors and Ph.D. candidates publish frequently.
You also wrote:
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The editor of CONTRA CABAL, formerly an associate
professor, a lecturer and PhD student in LLC, reveals his nine
years experience of this criminal and asinine department of
egocentric despots.
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Which, if true, leads me to suspect sour grapes as the motivation for
publishing CONTRA CABAL.
If anyone would like to hear what RPI is really like, just e-mail me. I'd be
glad to give you an objective evaluation. (RPI certainly isn't perfect, but
it's nothing like Paul Trummel's description.)
