When in the final stages of completing the new InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) website, I came across a number of InterVarsity twentyonehundred productions videos focused on Following Christ and Human Flourishing in the context of higher education. I incorporated several of these videos into the new GFM site. Others will be shared in a variety of other GFM platforms, including here on the Emerging Scholars Network Blog :) Update (1/4/2014, 9:24 am): A Liturgy (3 min, 22 sec) is part of Get … [Read more...] about A Liturgy for the new year
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Validation
Statement: (Y)ou are great. You are amazing! Response: No one has ever said that about me before. Some lines from the short film Validation (16:23). Have you watched it? Some reflections below. … [Read more...] about Validation
More on explaining the academic culture to ‘outsiders’
As you may remember, the Chronicle Careers piece What am I doing? Shouldn't seven years of graduate school have helped me avoid taking a job just to have a job? raised the question How do you explain the academic culture to ‘outsiders?' In addition to the several comments on the post, I've received direct feedback which expresses even stronger frustration with the task. My prayers are with those such as the 5th year post-doc, who have found their academic context peopled with many small people: Small in that … [Read more...] about More on explaining the academic culture to ‘outsiders’
How do you explain the academic culture to ‘outsiders?’
Earlier today, I shared from What am I doing? Shouldn't seven years of graduate school have helped me avoid taking a job just to have a job? when commenting on Are PhDs a Waste Product? I must confess that I can't get another section from the Chronicle Careers piece out of my head (Note: Is this a sign that the author has a potential op-ed writing career?), so here it is: The academic world is hard to explain to anyone who isn't living in it with us. And I don't mean that in any sort of "I'm smarter than you" way. … [Read more...] about How do you explain the academic culture to ‘outsiders?’