university reform

Because I've recently been on the academic job market, this article caught my eye. It lays out many of the problems facing contemporary higher education, as well as suggested changes. It seems obvious that higher education is changing--more classes taught by adjuncts and TAs, reduced endowments, changed funding from states--and so it would seem logical to aim for innovation rather than reaction.

tenuousness, at best

This blog is an experiment. I'm feeling confined by the usual course of things, and blogging is one of the projects I'm forcing myself to try. The point is to find new ways to connect the things that interest me--food, literature, movies, education, oddities, extra-academia, travel--and to find new outlets for conversation. We'll see how it goes once I finally get up the courage to publicize the fact that I'm working on a blog.

Here is a link to another recent project: Adventures on the Lonely Highway, produced using software from Blurb. They provide bookmaking software--including the option to 'slurp' blogs and turn them into books--and then print the results on demand, with options for hardcover or soft.