EPAA manuscript stats
A few months ago, I switched the intake and review process for EPAA to a web-based system, and here are the interim stats from the point at which I switched over (since the system can calculate statistics for me in about two clicks): Declined: 33%Revision requested: 25%In the review process: 33%Not yet assigned to reviewers: […]
Academi-size it!
Gotta love Da Fish sometimes, when he uses cool jargon like “academicize” to explain the distinctions between legitimate teaching and propaganda in this tagline to the Christian Science Monitor piece on Kevin Barrett: “That doesn’t mean you can’t bring current political questions into the classroom,” he says. “But they have to be academicized.” Here, Stanley Fish’s […]
Backround on arrests of killers of USF student
Because I only subscribe to one metro daily, I missed a story in early July that described the policework behind the arrests of three involved in the murder of Ronald Stem. It was a lucky break from a break-in close to campus that allowed the arrests, and there is still one suspect who has not […]
Dismissed lawsuit in San Jose State’s education program
FIRE blogger Samatha Harris complains today about the summary dismissal of a federal lawsuit, Head v. Board of Trustees of California State University. Stephen Head alleged that his free-speech rights (among others) were violated in the education program of San Jose State University because one of his professors disagreed with his opinions and reportedly said […]
Kershnar and pacing
FIRE reported today that SUNY Fredonia gave philosopher Stephen Kershnar a promotion to full professor that had been denied earlier this year because, well, administrators didn’t like Kershnar’s criticizing them in public. Good for Kershnar and everyone else who helped fight this. That’s a rapid turnaround on an academic freedom issue, relatively speaking, and good […]