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On “Serious” Blogging
New Kid on the Hallway drew my attention to this article in Inside Higher Ed by Jeff Rice. Rice has two central points, I think, in his initial article. I say “I think”…
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More Academic Blogging
Henry Farrell, professor and contributor to the academic blog Crooked Timber, has an interesting essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education on “The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas.” He makes a number…
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Plagiarism at the University
There’s an interesting discussion over at Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s Making Light regarding the University of Kent student dismissed for plagiarism. The comments from Teresa’s regular readers, including those in the UK,…
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Why God Invented Graduate Students
According to Chuq von Rospach, it’s because of this. Though I grant that his is a persuasive example, I think think he needs to generalize his argument to the ultimate purpose for graduate…