12 October 2011
liberal arts suck
at least in Florida.
3 takes:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/rick-scott-liberal-arts-majors-drop-dead-anthropology
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/10/11/340824/why-liberal-arts-professors-should-learn-to-love-quantitative-assessments-of-student-learning/
http://wonkette.com/454567/non-human-rick-scott-launches-jihad-against-people-who-study-humans
3 takes:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/rick-scott-liberal-arts-majors-drop-dead-anthropology
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/10/11/340824/why-liberal-arts-professors-should-learn-to-love-quantitative-assessments-of-student-learning/
http://wonkette.com/454567/non-human-rick-scott-launches-jihad-against-people-who-study-humans
seems like good advice
read this online, seemed like good advice for those applying to 'teaching schools' (esp. since it is pretty much the opposite from what goes on w/ research institutions):
"Speaking from my experience, one thing that is extremely important is a good cover letter. (Some of my colleagues will just toss aside an application that doesn't have one.) This should not just discuss your research or talk in very general terms about how much you love teaching; instead, it should explain how these two main elements of your work as a teacher-scholar relate to one another, and - even more importantly, at least in some cases - what makes you a "fit" for the particular institution in question. The more specific you can be on the latter question, the better - though it should go without saying that you shouldn't misrepresent yourself, as this will come back to bite you."
found it here:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/departmental-placement-officer-seeks-advice.html
"Speaking from my experience, one thing that is extremely important is a good cover letter. (Some of my colleagues will just toss aside an application that doesn't have one.) This should not just discuss your research or talk in very general terms about how much you love teaching; instead, it should explain how these two main elements of your work as a teacher-scholar relate to one another, and - even more importantly, at least in some cases - what makes you a "fit" for the particular institution in question. The more specific you can be on the latter question, the better - though it should go without saying that you shouldn't misrepresent yourself, as this will come back to bite you."
found it here:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/departmental-placement-officer-seeks-advice.html
SPEL workshop reminder
THU 13 OCT
DOSSIERS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE RESEARCH STATEMENT
USUAL TIME
USUAL PLACE
MANDATORY FOR 1ST YEARS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS ME TO LOOK AT THEIR RESEARCH STATEMENT
DOSSIERS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE RESEARCH STATEMENT
USUAL TIME
USUAL PLACE
MANDATORY FOR 1ST YEARS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS ME TO LOOK AT THEIR RESEARCH STATEMENT
graduate community of scholars
more workshops, like the SPEL workshops, but run by the Graduate School:
FRI 14 OCT
GRADUATE WRITING AND CITING IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
12:30-1:30PM
UU 206
FRI 18 NOV
ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY
12:00NOON-1:30PM
UU 206
www.binghamton.edu/gcos
FRI 14 OCT
GRADUATE WRITING AND CITING IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
12:30-1:30PM
UU 206
FRI 18 NOV
ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY
12:00NOON-1:30PM
UU 206
www.binghamton.edu/gcos
Happy JFP day
it's online ... #191 ... at new and buttugly APA website.
I hope there are a lot more jobs on #192, because there ain't a whole lot in #191.
I hope there are a lot more jobs on #192, because there ain't a whole lot in #191.
05 October 2011
SPEL colloquium
first of the new academic year!
Jennifer Uleman
SUNY Purchase
"No King and No Torture: Making Sense of Kant on Suicide"
THU 6 OCT
5:30pm - 7:30pm
UU 102
commentary by the illustrious Sean Bustard
note the time, note the room.
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