[Air-L] public/private

[elw at stderr.org]

> Two other points. This list serves a lot of people like you . . . 
> graduate students looking for direction. In fact, this thread was 
> started by a grad student asking for advice/direction. What's a faculty 
> member to do? Ignore possible issues and just say "OK KID, GO FOR IT!" 
> even when and if they think there are issues to be discussed? We were 
> asked our opinion about these considerations. Both sides of the issue 
> have been represented and discussed. I think that's healthy.


Just to stick my head up a little... Ed, Lois probably knows more 
practical things about IRB work than 99% of those of us on the list.  If 
she's got a stance she's presenting, she probably has a solid backlog of 
reasons for doing so.  [Knowing her pretty well, she's not one to just BS 
or make things up.  :)]

I also feel some serious discomfort with the dichotomization between 
graduate students and "faculty" that your last post drew.  I don't feel 
that that's appropriate, and would prefer to simply "not go there".

--e