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“Don’t be a jerk” is the first rule I impose on all of my knife fights.
View ArticleRobustness of Adjuncts?
This is a really fascinating article about how people on different career tracks develop different levels of resilience. Under its thesis, Ronin Scholars should display a host of adaptations to...
View ArticleHas academia become like show business?
The more I read about the current state of academic careers, the more it reminds of show business. Show business has a rich set of concepts that derive from its experiences. Aspiring actors have day...
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I gather there is a lot of discontent among US adjuncts but, at the risk of being really annoying, I often envy you. We just don’t have teaching only posts over here – or rather, they are a new...
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Coming from a theater and film background, I’m happy to report that the industry does have some wisdom about the size of the job vs. applicant pool in that industry. However, the way it manifests...
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Hi Everyone, I apologize that I have not been able to read the comments that were previously posted here before they were accidentally deleted. Its been a very busy spring for me, but I did get Jon’s...
View Article"Going rogue"
There’s a piece in the Science ”Career Magazine” about Ethan Perlstein, a neuroscientist who recently declared himself “an independent scientist, leaving the Academia-Pharma Complex behind”:...
View ArticleEffective Sustainability
I am an industrial engineer who has been investigating sustainability issues since about I got my bachelor’s in industrial engineering over three decades ago. As a result, I have determined what human...
View ArticleIt's bad in Europe too
” Young, qualified and jobless: plight of Europe’s best-educated generation Twentysomethings missing out on the homes, pensions, independence and confidence that come with steady employment”...
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