Clarissa is posting on Wendy Brown who, as we know, is a major critic of the privatization of the University of California as well as one who shows what neoliberal values have done to everything. Newfield, and my colleagues, want to reclaim the idea of the public good, and the public for that matter, and … More After neoliberalism?
These keywords and key phrases: violation of academic freedom, discrimination, and inadequate consideration of case. Axé.
If you have to teach grammar, here is how you peg concepts to popular song lyrics. They have already figured out which song works best for what. Axé.
They will send me a desk copy! Axé.
…at the library, Literary Bondage and those back pages of Poets & Writers, where they list bilingual presses. There is another book that turned out to be there and that I wanted to get, and I have lost my piece of paper. C’était quoi? Something tempting and new that I was going to order from … More Ne pas oublier
An antidote to the professor watch list. Axé.
This study explores the history of academic freedom in America through the focus of three interpretive models–the Gentleman Scientist Model, the Liberty Model, and the Professional Model–to show how the concept evolved over the past century. It examines violations of academic freedom, AAUP statements, and debates about the meaning of academic freedom to show how … More On academic freedom
Most people I know either ignore online teaching because of the problems and the hype, and being tired of staring into screens already. Others are so gung-ho about it that they ignore the problems. One problem, I have discovered, in a neighboring R-1 is that this firm, Academic Partnerships, that runs their platform, also gets … More Academic Partnerships, the company
A Kindle Paperwhite. Jonathan Mayhew’s new Lorca book. I am also considering getting this book via Interlibrary Loan, an entity I keep forgetting. I will order it through ILL and hope they do not make me read it as an e-book. I could also just buy it. Book = $105. Kindle plus e-version, on the … More Things I am considering buying
Department of e-mails not sent: Dear committee member, The question would be what gives you the right to speak in this tone to anyone. If the dean, an AAUP member, confuses tenure track/tenured with FTE NTT, which I highly doubt he does, it would be our job to point out the error. To keep these … More Taking the high road
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