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In Defense of the Monkey Mind
A new book challenges the idea that wandering attention is a flaw in our mental machinery. Scott McLemee tries to go with the author's flow.
Bad Review
National group of campus writing programs kicks a poet off a committee because of Twitter project that some view as racist but others view as artistic expression.
New Money for Japan Studies
The Japanese government gives $5 million each to Columbia, Georgetown and MIT for endowed professorships in contemporary Japanese politics. Gifts come as some worry about political science shifting away from area studies.
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A Conference Manifesto for the Rest of Us
Responding to a recent critique, three humanists argue that academic meetings, done right, can spur collaboration and add value for participants, for the humanities, and for higher education and beyond.
Newly Tenured... at Kent State at Stark, Kenyon, Linfield, Northwestern (Iowa), U of Delaware
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Kent State at Stark Katrina Bloch, sociology...
New Career Path?
New book proposes teaching-intensive tenure track to address what it calls the "real" crisis in the humanities.
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The Guilt of Summer School
Ulf Kirchdorfer explains why he -- like most of the world, but unlike many other professors -- works during the summer.