This month in university atrocities
The academy is on a quick path to self-destruction. There is so much to fix with so little people who have the time and money to fix it. I haven’t had time to comment on any of these, but I’d love your thoughts if you have them.
[Many of these are links from my instapaper account to avoid the paywall]
First, play this interactive game, Flatland Follies: An Adjunct Simulator
Second, some fun: How to Finish Your Dissertation Before the Heat Death and Gradual Extinction of the Universe
Now, for the atrocities:
Academe’s Extinction Event: Failure, Whiskey, and Professional Collapse at the MLA
A Moral Stain on the Profession
The University is a ticking time bomb
Paying for it: Gender and Editing in Academia
Why Are Associate Professors So Unhappy?
This is How You Kill a Profession
The Digital Humanities Debacle
Your Ph.D. Will Not Protect You
All College Admissions are a Pay to Play Scandal
What You Didn't Know About Academic Kindness (And A Black Man In Medieval Iceland)
Sleep Hygiene Fails Black Women in Academia
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