Stanley Cohen
13/01/2014
Axé.
Category: Movement
Should we recast the language requirement?
13/01/2014
About this: should we rethink the language requirement? Here is why I ask: the options, for action on the “adjunct crisis,” appear to be cutting the number of students allowed to finish graduate programs, so as to reduce the alleged overproduction of Ph.D.s, or making sure people who do the Ph.D. are also trained for … More Should we recast the language requirement?
2014
29/12/2013
So I am now over it. Over the current bout of nostalgia for places and activities and lives I missed. Over my rage at having succumbed to the pressure to renounce these things. I still say that what I do not like about professors is that they are not aware of any other interesting jobs–they … More 2014
Postscript and note to Dame Eleanor Hull, updated
23/12/2013
3/- It’s gorgeous here, and Dame Eleanor should come back. I have discerned that “take a job, any job” means, to some, “you may have to take jobs in places as horrible as Madison or Ann Arbor.” I have also discovered that the people who think there are only academic jobs, simply have no information. … More Postscript and note to Dame Eleanor Hull, updated
Someone said, and I should do
15/12/2013
This is the ideal, and I’ve only ever had it once: I had a sophomore or junior level comp class with only about a dozen people in it that met twice a week for two full hours that I ran like a creative writing workshop. We did a series of linked essays: personal narrative, narrative … More Someone said, and I should do
Project Fair
14/12/2013
I must do this. #OccupyHE. Axé.
A draft missive
12/12/2013
This has to be shortened and made less challenging, as it will be an e-mail. I seek editing suggestions. Cher J, et cher R, When we chose V as a textbook, one reason was that it was the abbreviated version of another textbook we liked (SQ). We had decided that to work toward consistency without … More A draft missive
On meritocracies
11/12/2013
So I saw the pile of four books with which my colleague, hired after me, is coming up for promotion and I said: why have I not produced four books? But my colleague was hired with joy, not begrudgingly, and was welcomed upon his arrival, not suspected of low designs. He has a housewife who … More On meritocracies
La psico-pedagogía de los exámenes
08/12/2013
Luis Enrique Galván has an article by this title in Amauta 20 (January 1929): 58-63. It is a brilliant critique of examinations, particularly standardized tests, and particularly those administered by a central authority. “Como un regazo anacrónico de las viejas máquinas usadas para la tortura escolar, desde las humildes escuelitas primarias hasta nuestras universidades hinchadas de … More La psico-pedagogía de los exámenes
I will e-mail Michael Roth, after all.
08/12/2013
Dear Z, I hope you enjoyed The Modern and the Postmodern. If you would like to support Wesleyan’s effort to offer future Coursera courses, please consider making a gift to the Wesleyan Fund in support of online education by clicking here. Any amount you are able to donate will be greatly appreciated. Of course, this … More I will e-mail Michael Roth, after all.
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