January 2012
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New Books in January
Authors and/or publishers kind sent me the following books this month: Internal Reasons: Contemporary Readings edited by Kieran Setiya & Hille Paakkunainen (MIT Press, 2012). Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories by Wallace Matson (Oxford University Press, 2011). Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, trans. by Donald Landes (Routledge, 2012). Where…
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The real trends in the number of philosophy majors over time
Philosophers are indebted to Kathleen Wallace, Chair of the Department at Hofstra University, for this systematic analysis of trends in philosophy majors, responding to the misleading claims in a CHE article we noted previously. An excerpt from her analysis: So, what is the basis for McIntyre's claim that philosophy and religion majors have dropped 20%…
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Richard Marshall talks to Jason Stanley…
…at 3AM Magazine.
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Admissions Data Fraud: Undergraduate Edition
The newest school to admit using fake admissions test data to game US News rankings: Claremont-McKenna College.
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Admissions Data Fraud: Undergraduate Edition
The newest school to admit using fake admissions test data to game US News rankings: Claremont-McKenna College.
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Trouble posting comments
The new "verification" word system seems to have resulted in genuine comments being diverted to spam–I only just discovered this. I've just approved nearly a half-dozen comments, at least one from a good ten days ago. I've turned off 'verification' for now, but if there's a massiv einflux of real spam again, I may need…
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More on Big Firm Hiring
This WSJ piece is timely.
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More on Big Firm Hiring
This WSJ piece is timely.
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$40,000 per year for 1st grade at a private school in NYC?
Unbelievable, but typical of the way Manhattan in particular has become the exclusive property of the rich and super-rich (with a few housing-subsidized Columbia and NYU faculty mixed in!). This is bound to have significant ramifications on the recruitment and retention of faculty, at least those who have children of school-age.
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Facebook mischief
There is a "Brian Leiter 'interest'" page on facebook, for which I bear no responsibility! I'm not sure why it's there, except it seems to have its source in Wikipedia mischief. If you "like" the interest page on FB, then I will be able to skip purgatory and go straight to Heaven. If you don't like…
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Summer Jobs, U of C Edition, Redux
I jumped the gun a bit the other day, but now all the real data is on-line about summer employment. I'm particularly pleased to see how terrifically our 1Ls are doing with summer employment. I hope other law schools will follow suit in publishing comparable data.
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Summer Jobs, U of C Edition, Redux
I jumped the gun a bit the other day, but now all the real data is on-line about summer employment. I'm particularly pleased to see how terrifically our 1Ls are doing with summer employment. I hope other law schools will follow suit in publishing comparable data.
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“On What Matters” on what matters…
…and a lot of things matter! (Credit to Nick Riggle for this amusing montage! And readers may contribute to it!)
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Nietzsche blog
I haven't mentioned my Nietzsche blog in quite some time, and perhaps it will be of interest to some readers.
I am a freelance editor that works entirely for major university presses. I’ve even been brought in when outsourced book…