20 December 2013
13 December 2013
philosophy dept. coffee hour
The SPEL-GSO in conjunction with Minorities and Philosophy invites faculty, staff, and graduate students to a Philosophy Department Coffee Hour.
Please join us on Tuesday, December 17, from 1-2 pm in the IASH conference room for some coffee and snacks before winter break.
We know this is a busy time, so feel free to just stop by for a few minutes if you're able.
Hope to see you there!
10 December 2013
random linkage
tax subsidies to create jobs doesn't work:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/70st0609.pdf
no shortage in STEM graduates:
https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/c6f6eed505c1
can't have innovative pedagogy w/o faculty:
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/12/06/higher-ed-disruptions-doomed-fail-without-addressing-state-faculty-essay
and on MOOCs: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/12/06/mooc-research-conference-confirms-commonly-held-beliefs-about-medium
09 December 2013
brown bag lunch reminder
Our last Brown Bag Lunch of the Fall Semester will take place on Tuesday December 10, from 11:45 to 1:00, in LT 1506 (Comp Lit Conference Room)
Our paper this time is home grown: Christopher Knapp, "Economic Envy," forthcoming in Journal of Applied Philosophy.
05 December 2013
grade inflation
at Harvard, the median grade is A-, the mode is a straight A.
http://gawker.com/harvard-kids-even-more-entitled-than-you-think-1476358266
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/12/05/harvard_grade_inflation_the_real_problem_is_admissions.html
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/12/3/grade-inflation-mode-a/
Nietzsche in pre-code Hollywood part II
more pre-code awesomeness, lifted from the comments (thanks!):
start at about 1:05:30, and then again at 1:21
Maxwell Anderson seems to have embellished Somerset Maugham's story.
see also: are you a philosopher @ 13:25
also: did she open a bottle of bourbon with a corkscrew @15:20?
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