oldfullprof
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« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2011, 08:28:22 AM » |
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Take reality personally. It's more fun that way.
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oldfullprof
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2011, 08:35:24 AM » |
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The essay has some problems. Here are just a few:
1. Don't use the term "accountability." This is a cliche now, and may mean the same thing as "add more bureaucracy."
2. Learn to comma.
3. Public sociology has problems. First among them is methodological and theoretical blindness or "blinder-ness," and, second, a tendency to fit everything into a preconceived paradigm. I'd rather train good sociologists of whatever stripe.
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farm_boy
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2011, 09:36:42 AM » |
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Higher Education's purpose is to make money from students. And their parents. And the government.
At a really good university, actual teaching is tolerated, as long as it doesn't interfere with the bottom line.
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merinoblue
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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2011, 09:52:53 AM » |
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What is Higher Education's Porpoise? I didn't know that sea mammals had a special status in higher ed, but I'm all for it. Long live Cetacea!
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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2011, 09:55:01 AM » |
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What is Higher Education's Porpoise? I didn't know that sea mammals had a special status in higher ed, but I'm all for it. Long live Cetacea!
I disagree. You are implying that higher education has only one porpoise. There are many porpoi at large in the sea of knowledge. |
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merinoblue
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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2011, 12:47:21 PM » |
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What is Higher Education's Porpoise? I didn't know that sea mammals had a special status in higher ed, but I'm all for it. Long live Cetacea!
I disagree. You are implying that higher education has only one porpoise. There are many porpoi at large in the sea of knowledge. There are many schools of thought on this. I wonder, however, whether we can say that there is one overarching porpoise. |
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prof_smartypants
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Kiss the baby!
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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2011, 01:26:52 PM » |
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What is Higher Education's Porpoise? I didn't know that sea mammals had a special status in higher ed, but I'm all for it. Long live Cetacea!
I disagree. You are implying that higher education has only one porpoise. There are many porpoi at large in the sea of knowledge. There are many schools of thought on this. I wonder, however, whether we can say that there is one overarching porpoise. This is all reminding me of an old onion article, which is still one of my favorites: http://www.theonion.com/articles/dolphins-evolve-opposable-thumbs,284/ |
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Welcome to college, motherf*cker.
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mouseman
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2011, 03:06:02 PM » |
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What is Higher Education's Porpoise? I didn't know that sea mammals had a special status in higher ed, but I'm all for it. Long live Cetacea!
I disagree. You are implying that higher education has only one porpoise. There are many porpoi at large in the sea of knowledge. There are many schools of thought on this. I wonder, however, whether we can say that there is one overarching porpoise. Shall we change your moniker to "Marine o' Blue"? |
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In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
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For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
Lewis Carroll
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merinoblue
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« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2011, 03:09:40 PM » |
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Shall we change your moniker to "Marine o' Blue"? It would be fitting, as I'm more of a sea creature (" Merino") than a land animal. But we digress. |
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« Reply #24 on: July 09, 2011, 09:16:58 AM » |
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Huh? You are joking, no?
I thought this question was answered long, long ago(?)
The purpose of higher ed is to enrich the lives of the professors.
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farm_boy
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« Reply #25 on: July 10, 2011, 11:07:12 AM » |
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Huh? You are joking, no?
I thought this question was answered long, long ago(?)
The purpose of higher ed is to enrich the lives of the professors.
Now you are joking. Professors make a pittance compared to administrators. |
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« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2011, 06:02:34 AM » |
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I tend to go sock-sock shoe-shoe when laces are involved but when it comes to loafers, anything goes.
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mindtwinmedia
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« Reply #27 on: October 21, 2011, 09:40:19 AM » |
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the purpose of higher education is simple- to make money. everything else it claims to do is really only a means to maximize profit. it is blatantly clear that the goal of actually educating students and preparing them for the real world is a purpose that was lost a long long time ago.
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