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- Decency Wins! by Brains on Nov 20, 2009
And bigotry in academia loses. The board of the APA has done the right thing and ruled that institutions that discriminate against homosexuals will be flagged as violating the APA non-discrimination policy if they advertize in Jobs for Philosop...
- The Road Not Taken by Anamchara • The Website of Unknowing on Nov 18, 2009
My dear readers, I try to keep the angst-quotient on this blog to a bare minimum, but this morning I am going to indulge myself a bit. You have been duly warned. Read on at your own risk. Yesterday morning I received an email from Bob P., a reader of...
- Ethics by Clarissa's Blog on Nov 17, 2009
My university had all of its professors take an ethics workshop online. The workshop was pretty complex and sophisticated and took quite a bit of time to complete. A week after we completed it, we discovered that it is possible we will not receive ou...
- YOU MEAN THEIR WORK SHOULD BE USEFUL OUTSIDE THE IVORY TOWER?: by Brothers Judd Blog on Nov 16, 2009
Impact on humanities: Researchers must take a stand now or be judged and rewarded as salesmen (Stefan Collini, 11/13/09, TLS) In many respects, the REF will be quite like the RAE, and will require similar kinds of evidence in the submissions (selecte...
- ALL OF WHICH DODGES THE BIG QUESTION...: by Brothers Judd Blog on Nov 15, 2009
The Three-Year Solution: How the reinvention of higher education benefits parents, students, and schools. (Lamar Alexander , 10/17/09, NEWSWEEK) [S]ome forward-looking colleges like Hartwick are rethinking the old way of doing things and questioning...
- What's More Important: My Conference or a Crook's Tie? by Clarissa's Blog on Nov 11, 2009
So it turns out that the State of Illinois owes a huge sum of money to our university and refuses to give it back. In order to keep paying salaries to people, the university had to stop all other payments to its employees. We will not get reimbursed...
- Boot Camp Without Pushups or Drill Sergeants by Brains on Oct 30, 2009
The University of Pennsylvania is holding its second Neuroethics Boot Camp from August 1 - 11, 2010. All interested graduate students, professional students, university faculty, and working professionals are encouraged to apply regardless of sc...
