The lead article in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education Review is titled “The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps.” More than 350,000 Americans with advanced degrees applied for food stamps in 2010, part of “an often overlooked, and growing, subgroup of Ph.D. recipients, adjunct professors, and other Americans with advanced degrees who have had [...]
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Welcome to the Knowledge Factory
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on May 8, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/welcome-to-the-knowledge-factory/
Who’s Afraid of Distance Learning?
It used to be that a smart, motivated young person could work hard, earn a doctorate, do a good job as a junior professor, and live happily ever after as a tenured professor. It also used to be that a smart young person could work hard, get into a good college, and expect to be [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on April 20, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/whos-afraid-of-distance-learning/
Academic blogging: break-dancing for scholars?
As I previously noted, “digital humanities” was the topic du jour at this year’s Modern Language Association conference, but no one seems to be quite sure what precisely is meant by that moniker. Stanley Fish took a stab at the digital part of the equation in his NY Times column on Monday, promising to come [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on January 11, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/academic-blogging-break-dancing-for-scholars/
President Obama, looking for solutions on student debt, should not overlook the issue of contingent faculty labor
The student protests around the country have been focused largely on three key concerns: the high cost of a college education, the resulting weight of student debt after graduation, and the scarcity of jobs. Put together, it’s a recipe for frustration, if not outright desperation. Students who lack substantial family support these days have to [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 2, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/president-obama-looking-for-solutions-on-student-debt-issue-should-not-overlook-the-contingent-faculty-labor-issue/
Is College Worth Its Salt? Hint: It’s Worth More For Men…
My friend Audrey (with whom, it should be noted, I went to college) raises an interesting question. Is college worthwhile at all? Particularly for families for whom it’s a huge financial stretch, often involving bigtime loans that take many years to pay off–is it really worth it? For most of us, I think the answer [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on September 19, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/is-college-worth-its-salt-hint-its-worth-more-for-men/
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