Some of you who follow US college sports will have heard about FSU’s admitting that 61 of its athletes cheated on exams, with the aid of their athletic academic advisers, during the 2006-7 seasons. (See ESPN story and video.) When such a matter happens the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the […]
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I hope not this. That this comic should come out today just as someone commented on this 3-year old post about tenure and shortly after I posted this about academic freedom is a wonderful coincidence (and not the least bit ironic, Alanis Morissette!).
Dead Sea Scrolls scholar responds to son’s arrest — chicagotribune.com He seems to concede that his son Raphael Golb did as he is accused: “The fact of the matter is that if I understand it, Raphael was responding to the attacks on me,” the elder Golb said in Saturday’s editions […]
Jim West has brought to our attention both the reassignment of Gerd Lüdemann and a petition to protest the fact that the German Supreme Court upheld that decision. According to the petition: Gerd Lüdemann, Professor of the History and Literature of Early Christianity in the University of Göttingen, has received […]
I was getting ready to post this story from the Chronicle when I realized I should check Jim West’s blog first and, sure enough, Jim has a very full and consistently updated post documenting this development and with links to all the stories you could want on the matter. The […]
Our colleague Jeremy Schipper has sent along the attached pdf of the schedule for the Mid-Atlantic AAR/SBL. It looks like a good schedule. I am still not sure if I can make it, but I will try. 2009 MAR AAR-SBL Program Schedule. MID-ATLANTIC AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION and MID-ATLANTIC SOCIETY […]
This is very tempting, but I wonder how many folks will have the funds to go. 2009 International Meeting Celebrating the Centenary of Pontifical Biblical Institute Pontifical Gregorian University Rome, Italy 30 June – 4 July, 2009 This morning I received the program for The Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea […]
Anna Blanch of Goannatree is doing a review of the Top 100 Theology blogs listed by Christiancolleges.com. I was honored to be in their list and that Anna reviewed my blog. My marks were even pretty good! Making the Grade: Scope – A- Quality – B+ She does, however, point […]
I cannot find a whole lot of criticism with the argument presented by Thomas Benton (real name: William Pannapacker of Hope College). It certainly is a very tough job market out there for doctorates in the humanities and I regularly have very frank conversations with my students about whether or […]