October 2011
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New Books in October
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me the following new books in October: The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions by Alex Rosenberg (W.W. Norton & Co., 2011). Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide? by Anita L. Allen (Oxford University Press, 2011). The Fate of Wonder: Wittgenstein's Critique of Metaphysics and Modernity by Kevin…
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Snapshots of the Plutocracy
The U.S. is, however, more just than Mexico. Charts like this (as well as these) are really crucial to understanding the United States.
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The U.S. Overall “Top Ten” for 2011
Friday's post about the big "movers" generated enough queries about the shape of the U.S. top ten that I might as well post those results here (with the mean score in parentheses after the school name): 1. New York University (4.8) 2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4.5) 3. Princeton University (4.4) 4. University of Michigan,…
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SPEP Hypocrisy
Spiros notices an example.
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Medical School Deans Lash Out at US News
The Chronicle reports on a panel of med school deans speaking out against US News rankings. If nothing else, we learn that the folks at US News are able to "sleep reasonably well at night" because they tell readers not to "pay too much attention to these rankings" and they believe prospective med school students…
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Medical School Deans Lash Out at US News
The Chronicle reports on a panel of med school deans speaking out against US News rankings. If nothing else, we learn that the folks at US News are able to "sleep reasonably well at night" because they tell readers not to "pay too much attention to these rankings" and they believe prospective med school students…
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The unseasonably early winter snowstorm in the Northeast…
…means Occupy Wall Street needs your help NOW! (Thanks to Nathan Jun for the pointer.)
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To participate or not in the U.S. News reputational surveys?
A colleague at UCLA writes: A timely topic on which you and your blog readership may have an interest in commenting and hearing views: If one believes that the US News rankings are foolish in construction and pernicious in effect, what is the ethically appropriate way to respond to a request from US News to…
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To participate or not in the U.S. News reputational surveys?
A colleague at UCLA writes: A timely topic on which you and your blog readership may have an interest in commenting and hearing views: If one believes that the US News rankings are foolish in construction and pernicious in effect, what is the ethically appropriate way to respond to a request from US News to…
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“What can I do with a humanities degree?”
A useful site from Bruce Janz, Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida.
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PGR 2011: The Big “Movers” in the Overall Survey
So we had nearly 270 philosophers complete the overall faculty quality surveys, a record (and well over 300 participated in the surveys when you factor in the specialty rankings, but we still don't have a precise tally on the total participation). We're now in the process of transcribing all the results, and I'll post about some bits…
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Cities Where Associate Salaries Go the Farthest
The top five: Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston.
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Cities Where Associate Salaries Go the Farthest
The top five: Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston.
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PhD Admissions and Undergraduate Pedigree
This is striking.
Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…