Some people sort of adopt a blogging uber alles approach, ... dangerous.

I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of the quality of academic work under review.

I think a lot of Americans sometimes confuse freedom of speech with the idea that we have a right to say anything without any consequences whatsoever.

That's what sent people through the roof.

We need to tighten up our procedures because there are a number of people out there scamming the system. But the first priority is improving performance. We'd love to be in a situation where we don't have to pay any refunds.

They're going to see how well other teams swim, other people swim. They can only get stronger from swimming against people like that.