Abstract
Abstract
This essay argues that academics should develop a “pro bono” ethic analogous to the manner in which doctors and lawyers donate their time to causes they support. This labor should be given freely and not used for scholars’ own professional advancement, and it should be directed toward making the university’s resources available to groups that otherwise might lack access to them.
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