Those of us who grew up watching Charlie Chan at the Olympics and in Monte Carlo and various other locales were, nevertheless, somewhat surprised to, figuratively, run into the honorable character at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention, the world’s largest gathering of English professors.
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Dickens & the GOP
You can find out what they have to do with each other at the Modern Language Association (MLA) conclave of English professors.
Keep Off the Humanities
Intellectuals become quite unnerved when we common folk do our own research in what they call “the Humanities.”
Oh, The Humanity
Seattle, WA— Those to whom perspiration is part of their actual job might find it surprising that professors view themselves as working in sweatshop conditions.
Patchwork Humanities
Seattle, WA— Look at what the Modern Language Association wants to digitize.
Senseless in Seattle
Seattle, WA— At academic conferences, you can get a pretty good idea of trends in higher education not only from the presentations of tenured professors but also from the offerings of Ph.D. candidates.
Gaming Higher Education
Seattle, WA— One of the remarkable things about college today is the degree to which professors and students engage in activity, that for the cost of admission, they could pursue off campus for next to nothing.
100 arguments against tenure, Part III
Here’s the rest of our arguments for tenure, so far this year.
100 arguments against tenure, Part II
Because they are so numerous, we have to give them to you in installments.
100 arguments against tenure, Part I
Drawn from the profiles we’ve done of professors so far this year, we offer these pedagogues as proof that tenure doesn’t work.