On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:29:20 -0500, snit snat <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: This has also changed the structure of the schools lower down the tier as more and more people people from research-oriented unis populate Podunk State, they force everyone else to follow suit. That along with the increasing pressures on peple to publish at institutions where you used to be able to get away without publishing a great deal -- community colleges, commuter campuses, etc.