Isn't New England part of the Bible Belt?
Personally I'm getting sick of these universities coming out with their so-called "research".
The only reason that most of the people that work in universities exist, is because no-one will employ them in the REAL world.
PhD?, Yeah OK, all that says to people like me is, I expect big money and I'll sit on my arse.
I left school with School Certificate, no less, no more.
I own my own business these days, I didn't need the education system to prop me up.