What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Alan Jacobs' Grad School Thoughts: Should you go to grad school? "Probably not," writes Alan Jacobs, Wheaton English professor and author of Original Sin, The Narnian, A Theology of Reading, and many other excellent things. But if you insist, … [Read more...] about Week in Review: The Valiant Return Edition
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Top 10 Posts of 2009
Before we get too far into 2010, let's take a look back at our top posts for 2009, in terms of total hits. Posts from early in the year dominate because they've had more time to accumulate visits, but it might be good to revisit some posts you might have missed the first time around. Photo credit: Optical illusion via Flickr What's the purpose of the university? —Wendell Berry on the university. Why get a PhD in the Humanities? —Why, indeed? Linguistics and Faith —Reflections on the work of a former Christian … [Read more...] about Top 10 Posts of 2009
Shaping the Next Generation of Higher Education
Two recent articles on the profession of education worth consideration: In Search of Education Leaders, by Bob Herbert, NY Times Op-Ed, December 4, 2009 The Ph.D. Problem: On the professionalization of faculty life, doctoral training, and the academy's self-renewal, by Louis Menand, Harvard Magazine, November-December 2009. HT: Miller. Anyone willing to take a stab at why the educational system is so leaky and how we find/develop educational leaders which serve their department, discipline, campus, education … [Read more...] about Shaping the Next Generation of Higher Education
You never hear apologists attacking Melville…
Does your choice of undergraduate major affect your religious faith? Inside Higher Ed recently reported on a study by Miles S. Kimball, Colter M. Mitchell, Arland D. Thornton and Linda C. Young-Demarco, all of U. Michigan, that asked that very question. Using data from the long-running Monitoring the Future study, Kimball et al. tracked the religiosity of college students (based on how frequently they attended religious services and how important they viewed religion in their lives, along with some secondary indicators) … [Read more...] about You never hear apologists attacking Melville…
Week in Review
This is our weekly post of links, resources, and articles that would be helpful to ESN members. If you'd like to contribute something, please suggest it in the comments, or send it directly to either Tom or Mike. Update on the ESN Book Club: We've moved the dates back for our discussions to give you more time to order and start reading John Stott's Your Mind Matters. The discussions will now start June 9. Read all the details here. From Tom Psychology Grad Students Get Counseled on How to Teach: Below are a few … [Read more...] about Week in Review