Academic Exchange October/November 1999 Contents Page

Should all scholars consider themselves public intellectuals?
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How must tenure change in an environment of an aging professoriate, soft money, and skyrocketing costs?
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How does being aware of a larger potential audience change a scholar's
relation to his or her work?
One reason scholarship in Jewish Studies has been so contentious lately is because of an awareness that a larger community is listening, that the work matters outside of the academy. Jewish Studies is not at all alone in this regard. Does being aware of the larger potential audience for one's scholarship make the work more interesting or more difficult?
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