still, we have to allow for misinterpretation and benefit of the doubt. The person should be contacted and asked. granted my 30 years reference was more hyperbole to get the point across too, i spend several hours each year helping students and professors with various applications, and i sometimes catch things like described. On the other side, I'm thinking of Thévenot's classic paper Investment in Forms (1984, Social Science Information), which discusses the world's 'forms' and argues as to why the norms arise, which opens up the questions of those who have not been exposed to those norms as deeply as others. In any case, i think contacting and asking is the only way to resolve the issue.
On Dec 2, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Ken Friedman wrote:
> Dear Jeremy,
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> Got to disagree with you on this point. Terry clearly stated that this is an application to a doctoral program, not a research grant or a post-doc.
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Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech
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