Academic offspring terminology needed
One of my colleagues at USF gave birth over the weekend, and coming on the heels of a few engagement announcements, it’s another bit of welcome news. The world needs that, I think. One of the great changes in academe over the past half-century is that institutions are becoming more accommodating of family life. Not […]
Do not copy and paste
This morning (or at least now), I am reviewing the syllabus for the course that starts this Saturday. In reality, the term began last month, but we are meeting for the first time on Saturday. I sent the students several e-mails over the past few weeks after uploading the syllabus to the relevant Blackboard (ick! […]
Brain… dripping… out… editor’s… ears…
I’ve done about all I can on editing today. I still have e-mails from last week I need to respond to, reviewers to nag, disposition e-mails to write, … but I’ve been in my office for over 8 hours, mostly alone, and if you are waiting for me to send you something, please understand that […]
No golf for faculty, either
Last month, Dean Dad wrote an entry discussing the generational culture differences among higher-ed administrators. There’s an important point here that’s hidden in the piece, something about work habits as well as culture and leisure change by generation. Anyone who goes into grad school expecting a leisurely life of the mind should know that Margaret […]
One more brief item on health care and education
I need to return to editing an accepted manuscript for publication, but just one more brief entry on Peter Orszag and health care economics. I haven’t yet commented on Corey Bower’s blog entries earlier this spring on one way of seeing flat spending on education (per-pupil spending as % of GDP) and the degree to […]