Carlos Alonso on curriculum
28/06/2016
Here are some of his 2013 thoughts. Watch the video and tell me what you think. What is the value of the humanities education, the Ph.D., and the life of the mind generally? Axé.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
27/06/2016
A friend writes on this article: Let me see if I understand. This state university is essentially becoming a for-profit academy. They can’t afford not to spend the money to keep the grant winners. Of course, that money spent to keep grants is public money being spent primarily to make money, not to educate. So … More University of Wisconsin-Madison
On student evaluations and gender bias
07/06/2016
Here. Axé.
It is not a problem of scheduling
07/06/2016
Read. Axé.
Books I should have read: Alberto Flores Galindo
28/05/2016
I should have read, and should still read, Alberto Flores Galindo, Utopía en los Andes and Buscando un Inca. I was reminded of these reading an old review essay on views and representations of the Andean past and future. These things are important and I need to get cracking. I do not like working in … More Books I should have read: Alberto Flores Galindo
Those MLA language consultants
27/05/2016
“The report acknowledges the intrinsic value of language study but also argues for the necessity of thinking more about instrumental applications of language.” Should we invite one of these consultants or are they wolves in sheep’s clothing? Axé.
50 years ago
11/05/2016
Stokely Carmichael, definitely worth a listen today. Axé.
Ce moys de mai
01/05/2016
…ma verte cotte je vestirai. I have been trying to decide whether or not to leave the Democratic Party formally. I am going to vote Green for President in November but I am still attached to the mid-century idea of the Democratic Party as the party of the working class. I regret I cannot be … More Ce moys de mai
My shadow resumé
22/04/2016
Others have written shadow resumés of failures, but mine is of roads not taken. In the years in which I was realizing what my real interests were, I had these intuitions: 24-25. Realize I wanted a B.S. in Economics, and to go from there. (What I could have done, with my M.A. and partial Ph.D. … More My shadow resumé
The slow professor
02/04/2016
At last, someone agrees with me and does not needle, preach or scream about “time management.” I who graduated a year or two early from high school, I who finished college in four years and graduate school within “normative time,” I who took more than one unattractive tenure-track job over well-paid contingent positions in desirable … More The slow professor
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