Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Jennifer FTW
By Thoreau
Everybody is blogging this study on how the media reports on torture, but Jennifer’s post has the best title by far.
Archive for June 30th, 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Exceptions, Fairness, etc. Part 2
By Thoreau
I’m going to come across as evil and privileged and discriminatory here, but screw it: I think universities should be allowed to experiment with eReaders, even if they aren’t currently optimal for the visually impaired. This is not to say that I think universities should mandate or institutionalize something that excludes some of their [...]
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Exceptions, fairness, etc.
By Thoreau
We academics are notoriously prone to favoring anecdote over data when deciding how to approach teaching and administration, even though we insist on data in our research and when assigning students to write term papers. I know that I’m probably as guilty of this as anyone. I find that almost any good idea can [...]
