December 2021
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Changes in projects funded by the National Science Foundation since 1990
MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 8–IMPORTANT UPDATES This study misuses the word "politicized" in an ideologically tendentious way, but has clearly identified a surprising trend: As of 2020, across all fields 30.4% of successful grant abstracts contained at least one of the terms “equity,” “diversity,” “inclusion,” “gender,” “marginalize,” “underrepresented,” or “disparity.” This is up from…
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Statement from the faculty union at the University of Florida on the task force report on outside activities by faculty
Here. The University of Florida is in bad shape, in part because the state is in bad shape. But University leadership has not risen to the challenge.
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Statement from the faculty union at the University of Florida on the task force report on outside activities by faculty
Here. The University of Florida is in bad shape, in part because the state is in bad shape. But University leadership has not risen to the challenge.
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PGR 2021 Preview: U.S. programs ranked 17-30 in the overall rankings
The full PGR should be online if not by the end of next week, then just before Xmas. I'll post a couple of more previews before then. Previously, I noted the "top 15" (really 16) U.S. programs in the overall rankings. Below the fold are the programs ranked 17 through 30, with their mean score…
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PGR 2021 Preview: U.S. programs ranked 17-30 in the overall rankings
The full PGR should be online if not by the end of next week, then just before Xmas. I'll post a couple of more previews before then. Previously, I noted the "top 15" (really 16) U.S. programs in the overall rankings. Below the fold are the programs ranked 17 through 30, with their mean score…
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JSD in General Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School
MOVING TO FRONT FROM NOVEMBER 2 Chicago has in recent years made a substantial commitment to its JSD program (a 2-3 program involving the writing of a dissertation), including, most recently, accepting applications from anyone with at least one common-law law degree (JD, LLB, LLM), even if they have no U.S. law degree. I particularly…
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JSD in General Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School
MOVING TO FRONT FROM NOVEMBER 2 Chicago has in recent years made a substantial commitment to its JSD program (a 2-3 program involving the writing of a dissertation), including, most recently, accepting applications from anyone with at least one common-law law degree (JD, LLB, LLM), even if they have no U.S. law degree. I particularly…
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The world’s worst Michelin-starred restaurant?
This is extremely funny. Perhaps one should not entrust restaurant evaluations to a tire company?
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The world’s worst Michelin-starred restaurant?
This is extremely funny. Perhaps one should not entrust restaurant evaluations to a tire company?
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Blast from the past: Why do rich private universities still want to block unions for their graduate student TAs?
Back in 2016, prompted by the NLRB decision to give the green light to the union at Columbia now striking, as noted earlier.
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Blast from the past: Why do rich private universities still want to block unions for their graduate student TAs?
Back in 2016, prompted by the NLRB decision to give the green light to the union at Columbia now striking, as noted earlier.
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Graduate student strike at Columbia University getting ugly
There's an account from student organizers at CHE, calling on faculty for support. The Administration is threatening to withhold Spring appointments for teaching assistants if the strike doesn't en, which, in theory, is a significant violation about NLRB rules.
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Graduate student strike at Columbia University getting ugly
There's an account from student organizers at CHE, calling on faculty for support. The Administration is threatening to withhold Spring appointments for teaching assistants if the strike doesn't en, which, in theory, is a significant violation about NLRB rules.
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Useful overview of what we know so far about the Omicron variant…
…from Dr. Eric Topol (Scripps Research).
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Useful overview of what we know so far about the Omicron variant…
…from Dr. Eric Topol (Scripps Research).
I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…