Why I went back to school in Higher Ed
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve recently gone back to school for an M.Ed in Higher Education. Regular readers may know that I already have a humanities PhD, which raises a pretty obvious question: “What the hell Dan? Aren’t you done with school? Why collect yet another degree? Seriously what is …
SoD is back in business!
Hello everyone! Many apologies for my long absence, but things got a little busy for me when I went back to school (yes, again) to actually officially study Higher Education! The upside for you, dear readers, is that my new studies have provided lots of new grist for the old …
SIU Zero-time Adjunct Follow-up
[Update to the update: SIU has posted a statement on the programme here. As it essentially confirms my suspicions that it is designed to steal soft academic labour from new PhDs by trading on their institutional loyalty and need for affiliation without paying them for their services, I provide the …
And so It Has Come to This
Southern Illinois University has finally taken the step that we all knew was coming, whether we openly admitted it to ourselves or not. The progression was too obvious, the market forces in question too powerful, for this result to have been anything but inevitable. The question was never if, but …
*Out of Office Response* Re: quick question?
Dear [STUDENT], Thank you for writing me with your question about [COURSE]. I am currently out of the office because I am contingent faculty and do not have an office. This automated response email is intended to help you find the answer to your question on your own, as my …
Recent Comments
{ Hi Peter! Good to see you. The trend in musicology (and especially in my little area of music before 1750) has been fewer jobs each... } – Nov 13, 7:02 PM
{ Hi Dan, Welcome back - although I would have wished your return as Professor Dan. I see your choice as one that is made more... } – Nov 13, 1:57 PM
{ Hey, the really bad ones are when people accept "groups/journals I've never heard of" over "well-known entities". *cough*NAISA*cough* } – May 23, 7:22 PM
{ The very first thing that struck me when I read about this, was not the possibility of it being a vanity journal, though I guess... } – May 23, 11:38 AM
Education
Why I went back to school in Higher Ed
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve recently gone back to school for an M.Ed in Higher Education. Regular readers may know that I already have a humanities PhD, which raises a pretty obvious question: “What the hell Dan? Aren’t you done with school? Why collect yet another degree? Seriously what is …
Critical Thinking
Why Schools Should Teach Critical Thinking (Final)
This is part five (the end) of a rebuttal to this article. Part one can be found here. There are just two more points I need to address in Hendrick’s article before I am done with my rebuttal. I know, all two of you readers have been waiting with bated …
Pedagogy
Pros of Participation Grades 3
Continuing my series on the downsides and benefits of grading participation, here is another benefit. 3. It is a motivation for some. There’s no magic secret to motivating people, and broadly speaking it doesn’t work. One of the common skeptical criticisms of practices like firewalking and other such “motivational” activities is that …
Culture
On the Market VII: Job Candidates Are People Too
Another year, another job season. Sigh. I’ve been on the market for several years now, and regular readers may remember that in that time I have applied to many, many, many jobs. The positions I’ve applied for since finishing my PhD have represented a generous sampling of nearly all that our …
