E-book readers and faculty workflow
I agree with novelist Charlie Stress (hat tip): electronic book readers are enormously useful for people who have to read enormous amounts of text. Stress’s context is the group of acquisition editors (“slushpile” readers) he knows, but it is also true for faculty. I bought a Sony PRS-505 earlier this year in hopes of becoming […]
Florida’s corporate tax-credit vouchers and the OPPAGA fiscal impact report
Today, University of Colorado faculty member Kevin Welner has an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel criticizing the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) report on the state’s corporate tax-credit voucher program and its fiscal impact. Welner argues that the claim of net savings to the state “is based on smoke and mirrors […]
Sansom watch, December 24 edition
Three new items on Ray Sansom and his job at Northwest Florida State College (all commentary): Sansom has no place to hide, Pennsacola News Journal editorial Dec. 23. “You know the situation is getting critical when politicians under fire begin refusing to talk to the reporters uncovering inconvenient facts, and throw down the ‘partisan politics’ […]