about the STEM shortage

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/08/is-the-supposed-shortage-stem-shortage-a-myth-used-to-serve-tech-companies-labor-policies


(links to and from:)

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-20150802-column.html#page=1
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2015/08/there-was-never-stem-shortage.html

translating from the German

not quite SPEL-related, but ...

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/13/kafka-metamorphosis-translations

unfortunately, the most you can go back is 30 seconds

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/us/gmails-undo-send-option-can-help-end-email-embarrassment.html?hpw&rref=us&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

I wonder if there are actually any statistics on this

Casey Perin, an associate professor of philosophy who directs the department’s graduate program, said 5+2 is especially appealing within the discipline because most philosophy dissertations are a series of articles, not book-length works.

source:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/23/uc-irvine-experiments-new-graduate-degree-and-postdoc-hybrid-program

took her long enough

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-woman-102-gets-doctorate-decades-after-nazis-stopped-her-first-attempt-10255076.html

pizza party

Thu 7 May
IASH room
11:45

*50 years of service by Tony Preus

"Liberal Arts Grads Win Long-Term"

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/22/see-how-liberal-arts-grads-really-fare-report-examines-long-term-data#at_pco=smlwn-1.0&at_si=55483aaa5f6455ff&at_ab=per-3&at_pos=0&at_tot=1