Some Noted Things ...
Scott Jaschik,"‘The Phantom Professor'," Inside Higher Ed, 11 May, tells the story of an adjunct professor who began blogging her experience at Nonspecified U. Others at Nonspecified U began recognizing itself in the accounts. Adjunct professor's services are no longer required. Here's her blog, The Phantom Professor. Elaine Liner and Southern Methodist University have parted company, but Liner may have more to say in a book. Institutions need the kind of candid insider/outsider critique that she was doing. Strong institutions can tolerate it.
Alan Charles Kors,"Academic Hypocrite of the Millenium," The Torch, 11 May, takes Stanley Fish apart, in a deboning that's long overdue. Thanks to David Beito at Liberty & Power for the tip.
Over 1700 of us have signed Jeff Weintraub's on-line petition in support of the American Association of University Professor's condemnation of the British Association of University Teachers' boycott of the Israeli universities, Haifa and Bar-Ilan, and blacklisting of their faculty members. Consider joining us. Here's a short list of some of us who have signed it.
Finally, my man, Mr. Sun!, calls our attention to"The Golden Age of Iron Men," a remarkable on-line library of self-help, body building books from the early 20th century. The pictures are worth a good laugh. I'd like to think we've gotten over it, but now we think these guys would make good political leaders.