Bad: “She gave up tenure to follow her husband, and she should be rewarded for this.” Better: “She gave up tenure to follow her husband, and it is our gain.” Lagniappe: name that -ism, or that logical fallacy. “If this candidate is local, her supporters cannot be objective. The only possible basis for support any … More Is This Sexism?
Observe OneVoicePAC. It is excellent. Then in that spirit support the people of New Orleans. Then read Momo on the triumph of the corporate university and feel your blood run cold. Axé.
From 02138: Because, in any number of academic offices at Harvard, the relationship between “author” and researcher(s) is a distinctly gray area. A young economics professor hires seven researchers, none yet in graduate school, several of them pulling 70-hour work-weeks; historians farm out their research to teams of graduate students, who prepare meticulously written memos … More More Outsourcing
I Here is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of … More On the Right to Opine
Now my problem class is complaining about its grades and I cannot rest. Their e-mails are like those the Angry Professor sometimes reproduces. The people who might have grounds to wonder exactly why they have a C+ and not a B- are silent. Those on whose behalf I moved heaven and earth to find a … More Almost Finished
Now I am reading Ancarett’s really smart post on the modern and the postmodern university. My problem is that I am in Right postmodernity and I long for Left modernity. I understand at last. Earlier today I wrote the paragraphs which follow. I wonder whether they are merely symptomatic of my longing for Left modernity, … More In Light
Hattie of Hattie’s Web said in a comment here: “There is so much pain and craziness already in your students’ lives that they can’t endure the pain and craziness of learning a foreign language.” This is, in fact, the problem. I have been trying to figure out what problem I should address – laziness? illiteracy? … More Hattie Cracks the Mystery
I It seems that now we must teach many more things at once in each course. This semester I taught three courses, to wit: A senior/graduate course in Comparative Literature, A senior course in English, and A sophomore course in Spanish. About the Spanish course I have already railed at great length. We must now … More Still More Teaching
PZ: These students refuse to learn. WM: They do not share your views on the value of learning. PZ: But they are in school, so they are on the turf of learning. They should play by house rules. WM: Not necessarily. PZ: So the house rules no longer emphasize the value of learning? WM: … … More A Corporative Whiteman
To celebrate turning in final papers we went out to a semi-underground Cuban club and danced to son and reggaeton. Old men sang call and response rumbas outside. The students brought their friends, and the friends said the kind of professor they most dislike is the kind who gets up each day in class and … More Morphing Into the Corporate University
