NB: Rick’s comment made me realize that I did not clarify at the outset that I was not commenting directly on the merits of Howell’s hiring or firing. I was commenting on the practice of allowing an organization or donor outside of the university dictate the hiring or firing policies. The University of Illinois is [...]
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CHE – Doctorates awarded to women by discipline
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a very interesting chart, proportion of doctorates awarded to women by discipline over the last thirty years. All fields Education Engineering Humanities Life sciences Physical sciences Professional/ other Social sciences 1977 24.8 34.7 2.8 36.3 20.8 9.8 21.2 28.7 1987 35.3 55.1 6.5 44.4 35.2 16.5 33.2 43.4 1997 [...]
Why a PhD isn’t for everyone
For whatever reasons my post from January Why you shouldn’t go to grad school in the humanities has risen back to prominence in the last week. Please read the previous post for the comments (which was itself a comment on an article by Thomas Benton in the Chronicle) but I wanted to place one of [...]
SAT or NOT?
Our honors college does not use the SATs in selecting our students (although PSU does use it and we only select among those who have already been admitted to PSU). It is now quite the rage to move away from using SATs and the Chronicle of Higher Education has two commentary pieces this morning on [...]
Dressing for the classroom, criticizing feminist scholarship, and online education
A quick review of higher education news highlights. As I sit with my cuppa tea this morning and read the Chronicle of Higher Ed and Inside Higher Ed a few stories caught my eye. Sartorial Study Suggests Professors Should Wear What They Want (subscriber link, this is a free link for 5 days)- A psychology [...]