Carolyn Dicey Jennings
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A note on Carolyn Dicey Jennings and her compilation of placement data
Professor Jennings (UC Merced) gets credit for being the only person to not simply grouse about the PGR rankings (although she does plenty of that), but to actually try to offer an alternative resource–kudos to her for that. The job placement data she and her team collect are useful, but she chooses to present some…
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On being the victim of a stalker, and then being defamed for the stalker’s crime
In 2016, I was the victim of a stalker who tried to frame me for a crime; I sought help from the police and spent time and money on lawyers and forensic investigators trying to identify the perpetrator, without success. Anyone paying attention at the time realized that I was also a victim, but, unfortunately,…
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How “professional” is Carolyn Dicey Jennings’s data analysis?
Jenny Saul (Sheffield) declared Prof. Jennings "a professional data guru." How professional? This exchange between her and David Wallace (Oxford) is instructive. Prof. Wallace starts by quoting Jennings's attempt to attack me with her data: David Wallace said… "9 of the 11 programs mentioned by Brian have a higher percentage of either women graduates…
I would also recommend that potential grad students make inquiries into how far the compensation package actually goes towards cost…