I met with the provost of Temple University a few months ago, as part of an interview of Temple’s graduate students to assess their experience with the graduate school and its programs.

At the time, I was fairly convinced that nothing would come out of it. But whether influenced by the interviews or already planned, seeing this gave me a bit of hope. At the least, the interviews were an attempt to gather information before acting, which is generally a sign of competent decision making. Maybe the new graduate school will even start allowing some interdisciplinarity into the mix?