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John B. Holbein
JohnHolbein1
If PhD programs are, truly, going to prepare students for non-academic jobs, they should, at minimum, stop sending signals—overtly or covertly—that non-academic jobs are inferior. And while we’re at it,
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Ted McCormick
mccormick_ted
Something noticeable in current attacks on academia is that (besides professional culture warriors) they bring together a combination of people who've failed to get/keep TT jobs and people who've benefitted
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Patrick Deneen
PatrickDeneen
Ivy-league institutions are unembarassed and even proud of their limitations on academic freedom and a culture shaping a faculty to reflect its dominant worldview, while avoiding inclusion of those who
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Dr Ellie Murray
EpiEllie
Academic epis and applied epis, a match made in grad school- A thread If you’re an academic epi, you need an applied epi best friend. And if you are a
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Enzo Rossi
enzoreds
Some crude thoughts on the philosophy trans wars. It seems to me that part of why it got so heated is that neither side wants to acknowledge that there's a
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Esmée Hanna
DrEsmee
I have been recruiting a post doc researcher this week. Applying for academic jobs is hard, and interviews are also hard (especially when on video call). Thought some general thoughts
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grogu
afadjato
There are some independent institutions that are important to every democracy, eg. the media, CSOs, and academia. When functioning free of threat, these groups provide adequate checks for the Executive.
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John Tasioulas
JTasioulas
Being an academic who is devoted to teaching but publishes very little - yet is more insightful than many who publish a lot - is no longer a path that
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Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy
DrDeepakKrishn1
In this popular movie 3 idiots - Aamir Khan's character tells the Principal that this whole system is flawed. And this system of 1st rank etc should be abolished. And
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Jim Dickinson
jim_dickinson
FWIW if it was up to me. 1. Accept and announce that there won't be any in-person teaching this term unless absolutely necessary. 2. Allow medics nurses etc to continue.
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Kathleen Stock
Docstockk
Many colleagues in Philosophy apparently don't believe there is a problem with academic freedom around sex and gender identity in UK Universities. This mumsnet thread started a few days ago
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CHRIStmas with the king
theodramatist
One thing I got unhelpfully accustomed to in learning “serious academic theology” was prioritizing theological topics and conversations based on what the field says is important rather than what most
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Ted McCormick
mccormick_ted
Quillette: in the intellectual tradition of CP Snow, we are trying to find a way to bridge humanities and sciencesAlso Quillette: studying science in social or historical context is the
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Dan Hirschman
asociologist
I wonder if one reason we're seeing a conservative backlash against expertise in general relates to the decreasing male dominance of higher education and especially doctorates. (Source: 2015 Council of
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Jorge J Rodríguez V
JJRodV
A lot of my anxiety around the academic job market dissolved when I leaned into *my* truth that I don’t want to move. I want to have a home, build
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Morris Campus Student Association
UMNMorrisMCSA
[1/5] MCSA has heard your asks for universal S/N grading policy. We along with faculty & staff leaders drafted the below letter to UMN Morris administrators asking that universal S/N
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