In an age when thinktanks and "public relations" experts dominate media output, it might also be time to engage academics more fully as sources of (relatively) independent comment and analysis.
Yet too often, we also know that state and national policies lead to an over-emphasis on test preparation -- robbing students of engaged academic learning about real-world, higher-order skills such as creativity and problem-solving.
His partner-in-arms, Evans, a somber Canadian Yale graduate and researcher, is more tight-lipped, but when he does open up, his spoutings are suitable for engaging academic pamphlets.
Israel's government has actively engaged academics, artists and other cultural figures in international "Brand Israel" campaigns to prettify the country's image and distract attention from the oppression of Palestinians.
Black people are being shot dead in the street almost daily by trigger-happy cops and two ostensibly smart men, who have both produced excellent work and who pride themselves on being engaged academics responsive to the needs of the black community, are firing broadsides at each other.
Academic firms also engage in academic research, where research is linked and inter-connected with innovation.
Although participation did not impact on students' intentions to engage in academic careers, engagement may serve as a valuable adjunct to instilling essential academic skills.
At the individual level, negative effects of cheating include non-cheating students being put at a potential academic disadvantage to students who engage in academic dishonesty (McCabe and Trevino 1993).
The results of this research suggest that students are more likely to engage in academic dishonesty if they view it as a less serious form of academic misconduct.
