ABSTRACT
These comments show evidence of tensions and conflicts that are becoming prevalent in institutions of higher education as student populations become more diverse. In 1977, Mina Shaughnessy referred to the students who entered the City University of New York system through open admissions as “strangers in academia” to give us a sense of the cultural and linguistic alienation they were experiencing. In listening to the comments of faculty (note, e.g., the comment of the professor of management), it occurs to me that they too are feeling like “strangers in academia,” that they no longer understand the world in which they work. Neuleib (1992) similarly points out that although it is common to view students as “other,” as alienated from the academic community, our differing cultural perspectives result in our own confusion and alienation.
