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Week in Review: Reading Facebook in Canada Edition

October 2, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Our Week-in-Review feature has a new format.  We know there's way too much to read out there already, so we're going to be highlighting the top five articles, books, websites, etc., that we've been reading or thinking about the past week.  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. What They're Reading on College Campuses (Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/28/2009).   How does this survey of college bookstores match with your … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Reading Facebook in Canada Edition

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Life in the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: books, Canadian Higher Education, faceboook, h1n1, harvard, reading, social networking

Week in Review: Revolutions

September 25, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

Our Week-in-Review feature has a new format.  We know there's way too much to read out there already, so we're going to be highlighting the top five articles, books, websites, etc., that we've been reading or thinking about the past week.  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. A Better Pencil - Inside Higher Ed interviews Dennis Baron, author of A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution. It's a history of writing … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Revolutions

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: digital revolution, postmodern stalinism, reading, seven deadly sins, study abroad, workspaces, writing

A Land Full of Mystery, Danger, and Wonder

July 30, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

How well does film convey material from classic literature? Can film be used to introduce a book and draw people into reading or does it stall the imagination, even inoculate against digging into the original text?   Any classroom or personal experience(s) to share? What brings the question to mind? The recent release of the trailer for Tim Burton giving a stab at Alice in Wonderland (2010) with Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter), Anne Hathaway (White Queen), Helena Bonham Carter (Red Queen) and Mia Wasikowska (Alice). With my … [Read more...] about A Land Full of Mystery, Danger, and Wonder

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals, Technology in Higher Ed Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, film, imagination, Johnny Depp, literature, movies, reading, Tim Burton

Reading Lists and Primary Literature

May 19, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

In my post last week about advice for undergraduates, Katie Weakland shared a comment that I thought was particularly apt: I suggest meeting your major professors early in your career - your first semester - and asking them to mentor you and/or let you do research with them. The early you can get your feet wet with research the better. I also suggest reading the primary literature in your field as soon as possible. Meeting your professors and starting research early are both very important (I have stories I could … [Read more...] about Reading Lists and Primary Literature

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: basics, david lyle jeffrey, graduate school, literature, reading, regent college, theology, undergrads

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