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Kill the AHA Job Registry now

What David Evans and Tenured Radical (aka Claire Potter) said. The Professional Respect Abbatoir should be dismantled at all academic meetings and be replaced by phone interviews or (gasp!) inviting one more candidate to a campus interview. Especially in the current environment, when graduate students and new scholars might not be able to afford to […]

Not a love fest on mayoral control, but close

Something in the National Journal’s website is swallowing spaces after periods when I submit comments, and I discovered that I could not edit remarks after submitting them, but those are not really the important matters. It turns out that at least for most of the respondents who have written thus far this week, no one […]

The integrity twins in Illinois

Richard Herman “is shocked, shocked to find out that” influence peddling is going on in the University of Illinois. (Hat tip.) And plagiarist Glenn Poshard is certain that the “unfortunate incident” will not tarnish the reputation of higher education in Illinois more generally. (Hat tip.) Well, I’m glad that’s settled. (P.S. For the whippersnappers who […]

Grading reports that grade states, which have schools that grade

It’s now a PR cliche in education wonkery: grade states. Issue grades, and that’s a hook for reporters to write stories about the reports, because the reporters at daily metros can say, “[Your state’s name here] receives ‘F’ in think tank report on education.” But beyond the PR value of grades, it’s facile, which is […]

Find the typo! and other national-stage blogging

The National Journal unveiled its new education policy blog yesterday. My first response has an embarrassing writing goof; see if you can spot it!