December 2008
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Did U.S. News Topple Another Dean?
A Pittsburgh newspaper thinks it played a role, but, as we noted, there are other possible explanations in this case.
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Philosophy Dissertations
Even if you don’t go with VDM Verlag, you can contact Josh Dever (Texas) and post a link to your dissertation here.
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Publishing One’s Dissertation with a Lesser-Known Publisher?
A junior faculty member writes: I just received an email from VDM Verlag asking to publish my dissertation "in the form of a printed book." I was wondering if you knew this publishing company, and whether you think doing something like this is a good idea for junior faculty. I wasn’t planning on publishing the…
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Nietzsche and Political Philosophy
A review essay of an important recent book that may interest some readers.
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Critical Legal Studies: From Theory to Practice
From The New York Times: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil unveiled a new national defense strategy on Thursday, calling for upgrading the military forces and remaking the defense industry. The plan also called for a debate in Brazil on whether mandatory military service should be enforced and how the armed forces should…
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Open Access Philosophy Publishing
Once again.
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RAE and PGR
Some interesting analysis of the new RAE results and the 2006 PGR results for the UK.
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Law Profs in Sub-Cabinet Positions in the Obama Administration
Once again, Nan Hunter (Georgetown) is collecting the information.
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Rick Hills: Aspiring Union Buster?
In the comments, Professors O'Donnell and Slater think so! Another rousing performance at PrawfsBlog by Professor Hills! But seriously, when you think of "extraordinarily generous deals," do you really think of public sector workers in New York City or NYU law professors? And will the financial implosion on Wall Street mean the end of the…
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A Bit More on How to Interpret RAE Results…
…using law as an example.
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Research Assessment Exercise in U.K. for Law Faculties Released
The Guardian has the results. A few words of explanation, since the meaning of the results is far from obvious on a quick glance. The first column gives the number of staff who submitted four pieces of research published 2001-2007 for evaluation. 4* is the highest score awarded, and it's down from there. The number…
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Borrows from Victoria to Minnesota
John Borrows (comparative constitutional law, indigenous law), who currently holds the Law Foundation Chair of Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria in Canada, has accepted a new Chair in the law school at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The Minnesota press release is here.
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2008 Research Assessment Exercise in UK is Out
The philosophy results are here. I confess I still don’t know what they mean, though the matter is under review! Bear in mind, of course, that RAE results are always backwards-looking: so, e.g., St. Andrews was getting full credit for Crispin Wright (who is now mostly at NYU). Comments from UK philosophers (and others) welcome. …
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Boise from Case Western to DePaul
Craig Boise (international tax) at Case Western Reserve University has accepted a senior offer from the law school at DePaul University, where he will be Director of the Graduate Tax Program.
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Another Rich University Takes an Endowment Hit
Yale’s fortune off 25%, but the really stunning figure is not that, but this: The 25 percent decline has a very significant impact on operations because income from the endowment supports 44 percent of the university’s annual expense base of $2.7 billion, Levin said. Yale projects an annual budget shortfall of $100 million next year…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii