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I would note that there are a lot of structural reasons why senior staff might produce less research than people…
There is a slippery inference from the premise that we have struggled to converge on important philosophical truths to the…
I can corroborate Jason’s remarks about the UW System’s implementation of post-tenure review. In part because I was a participant…
The Wisconsin legislature made UW system implement post-tenure (5-year) reviews several years ago. The statutory requirements were fed into the…
Sorry, this may be a bit off topic, but if done well, I would really welcome some equivalent of a…
Isn’t one of the problems in this interesting converation how we define “philosophy”? Is philosophy just what is taught and…
I don’t think I misread the paper. Its lament is clear. (It’s a good paper, in style and substance, even…
A worrying account. Feel free to post more information, links etc. in the comments.
(Thanks to Cesar Palacios Gonzalez for the pointer.)
This one cuts close to home: I was a postdoc in Hull in the 80s, in a department (Maths) that eliminated the degree in 2005 (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/12/highereducation.education), part of a UK trend during that period of cutting STEM programs. I believe that the department now offers degrees again, but that is only possible if a viable core of the faculty remains.
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