intellectual inbreeding

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• Intellectual inbreeding — In the world of academia, the process of intellectual inbreeding is an accusation of insularity, elitism and complacency. The practice of a university hiring its own graduates as professors is a primary example of intellectual inbreeding and is… …   Wikipedia

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