Via James Joyner, I'm wondering whether this really characterizes a common experience in higher ed:All course materials, including weekly presentations, must be submitted months in advance. This, I’m told, is not only to ensure that books are ordered and copyrights cleared, but also for the...
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While working on my Statecraft and the State syllabus, I happened upon this Amazon review of Margaret Levi's Of Rule and Revenue:"As specialization and division of labor increase, there is.
I'll have more to say about this later, but I'm out the door for a Christmas dinner with my partner's family. Merry Christmas, Lord P.Of course, the British university system.
I've been wanting to write about the differences in culture between American and British higher education, but largely due to my dissatisfaction with my present employer, I've demurred, as I do like my job security. Thanks to the Vice Chancellor at Buckingham University, I have...
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As I blame Strunk and White for adding a year to my dissertation (and thus taking a year of my life), I'm deeply sympathetic with this argument.
This seems like a very sensible take. As far as I can tell the charges of academic misconduct against Churchill are very, very thin gruel -- as Fish says, mostly run-of-the-mill academic debates about whether the evidence is sufficiently strong rather than more serious or...
Mr. Trend has a thoughtful post about why he studies military dictatorships in Latin America:But studying dictatorships has a particular oppression looming over it. Environmental destruction, strike-breaking, and war all.
I normally have a post each semester about what I'm teaching. This semester I've let events get away from me a bit, but no time like the present. The courses.
Aye....the key is that these two statements are very different:Jason Greenwood, a senior kinesiology major at the University of Maryland echoed that view.“I think putting in a lot of effort should merit a high grade,” Mr. Greenwood said. “What else is there really than the...
Just found a couple weeks worth of research that I believed I had lost. This means, in effect, that I have accomplished two weeks worth of work before 11am. With.
I have little to add to what Rob, Dana, or Erik have offered on the subject, but I'd like to grit my teeth audibly for a moment and urge Ezra.