Table formatting
I’ve created a table-formatting tutorial because I don’t think another one exists to show how one formats academic paper tables in a way that is clean and easily readable, especially using symbols for statistical significance. Let me know what you think of it!
Pennsylvania investigations
Hiram Hover and Michael Bérubé chime in on House Resolution 177. More coverage: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette York Dispatch Lehigh Valley’s Morning Call Carlisle’s The Sentinel (the last a column by Francis Volpe) (noted by Rudolph in the comments on Bérubé’s blog
More foolish search committee stuff
I’ve slowly come to agree with remarks I’ve seen in various places that the anonymous columns in the Chronicle of Higher Education constitute an attractive nuisance for whining academics. The latest case in point is anonymous Ivan Tribble, who warns potential bloggers of the dangers posed by search committees who might read one’s blog and […]
Legislative investigations and academic freedom
Today, Inside Higher Ed reports that the Pennsylvania House approved House Resolution 177, establishing a committee with the power to investigate allegations of bias in public institutions in Pennsylvania. Thus far, this is the only victory of David Horowitz’s in any legislature. A few notes: As usual, the resolution observes paeans to academic freedom before […]
Ivan Tribble fisked
By Sherman Dorn on July 10, 2005
It looks like there has been an explosion of blog entries about the “Ivan Tribble” blogging column. Most of it is justifiably critical. The best title thus far goes to The Trouble with Tribble, by Timothy Burke. Profgrrrrl notes that she wouldn’t want to work in Tribble’s department, because she’s already had colleagues like him […]
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