I know, I am obsessed, I want this to crystallize just enough and I want to send it somewhere. I have not fully figured out where to send it, so I keep fiddling with it. I want it out. Since I resigned from that committee I have become acutely aware of all the shock and … More Meilleur encore
Considering various comments on drafts, material has been added and also cut from this text. The title has been changed to embrace broader issues, and changed back. I am tired of working on it now and I notice that additional material I am not sure it is useful or wise to publish it in the … More In which I have to stop working on this
This may be one of those essays that seem more intelligent than they are because the stiltedness of the non-native Spanish becomes poetic. Still, I liked it. It begins by talking about the value given to originality and authenticity in art. The idea of authenticity leads to a consideration of origins and originality, says my … More Sobre la autenticidad
I am too tired to have the prose come to me easily, but the recollections and connections do not stop coming to me. If I keep working on this text it will become a substantial piece. Venues for it besides the CHE could be Academe, IHE, Baton Rouge Advocate, maybe Profession. I am convinced these things … More Notes for still further revision
On the Value of an Independent Faculty Senate The rhetorical sleight of hand used in the attempt to discredit AAUP principles on academic freedom and tenure as well as to justify the marginalization of faculty senates resembles that used to discredit traditional university education and promote for-profit institutions and MOOCs. As academic blogger Undine indicates … More What I have been writing. Revised. I should perhaps use it as an opinion piece for the CHE. Do you think?
Coldhearted Scientist: “Free writing” is just stewing and will only ruin your thought process unless you have already decided what you are doing. Until such time as your first line comes to you unannounced, and you know what the content of your last paragraph is going to be, you are much better off just meditating … More Un diálogo importantísimo entre expertas
As we know, I am against free writing. I favor recreational or nonacademic writing, not free writing, for practice, and research notes and abstracts, not rambling “prewriting” to gather my thoughts. I became aware of free writing as a requirement too late, and I have never learned to use it — I find it exhausting … More On the origins of the “free writing” cult
On the Value of an Independent Faculty Senate The rhetorical sleight of hand used in the attempt to discredit AAUP principles on academic freedom and tenure as well as to justify the marginalization of faculty senates resembles that used to discredit traditional university education and promote for-profit institutions and MOOCs. As academic blogger Undine indicates … More El texto, escrito, jamás será vencido
1/ Today it took me about six hours to read a long article and write a few words in each of three texts I am working on. I was being slow but I like this and not rushing gets me further in the end. I did not put on timers but I was aware of … More Productivity insights du soir. Ten theses.
On the Value of an Independent Faculty Senate The rhetorical sleight of hand used in the attempt to discredit AAUP principles on academic freedom and tenure as well as to justify the marginalization of faculty senates resembles that used to discredit traditional university education and promote for-profit institutions and MOOCs. As academic blogger Undine indicates … More How inflammatory is this?
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