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When I first sat down to write this column, I did what most experienced writers do…Google® the topic. After several rounds of search criteria, I came upon links that highlighted “Academia vs. Industry” and “Academia vs. ‘The Real World’.” I was surprised to see it in writing—“the real world.” The artificial battle sounds a bit like a scene from The Matrix, where professors and scholars have mistakenly settled for the red pill and now live in a world where classrooms hold pods disguised as students. I exaggerate the point but it does seem like a statement of challenge that places academics in a position of self-justification and alienation.
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