We should begin our reforms in the most conservative way, by rediscovering and rededicating ourselves to the meaning of the title we professors hold. “To profess” has a spectrum of meanings: to affirm openly; declare or claim; to make a pretense of; pretend; to claim skill in or knowledge of; to affirm belief in; to receive into a religious order or congregation; to make an open affirmation; or to take the vows of a religious order or congregation.