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Reader opinion of the job being done by the APA?
Brian Leiter
MOVING TO FRONT FROM YESTERDAY–UPDATED WITH RESULTS: ONLY 1 OUT OF 3 HAVE A "FAVORABLE" OPINION OF THE APA, WHILE 41% HAVE AN "UNFAVORABLE" OPINION.
What do philosophy faculty and students think about the APA these days?
UPDATE: So with nearly 530 votes cast, the results are not very favorable for the APA. Only about one in three philosophers (34%) have a favorable opinion of the job the APA has been doing, while 41% have an unfavorable view. (25% were neutral or had no opinion.) Only 14% have a "very favorable" opinion of the APA, while 18% have a "very unfavorable" opinion. I wonder if there is another professional organization held in such low regard by the academic community it supposedly represents?
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