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A Modest Proposal
Lenny Cassuto makes one: What if we reconceived the guiding assumption that Ph.D.’s are supposed to become professors? As the Versatile Ph.D., a Web site dedicated to alternative careers for Ph.D.’s,...
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Out of the Shadows
What leadership looks like: On Thursday afternoon, on Day 2 of the Council of Graduate School’s annual meeting here, Michael F. Bérubé was scheduled to give a plenary address titled “The Future of...
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What Courage Looks Like
My friend and colleague Dan Fincke just posted a reflection on his own journey through the twisted funhouse of the academic employment market. Dan’s energy and passion–as a teacher and a blogger–has...
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Profit, Prophecy, and the Case of the Hybrid University (Ctd.)
One more point about the Bloomberg article raises pertains to the plight of adjuncts. Though SNHU’s online program was initially supported by adjuncts getting paid the usual pittance, it has generated...
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Scumbag Philosophers
Genius. (Analytic) My favorite: “Is fictional construct designed to make you feel superior.” “Will still do better than you on the job market.” Not quite as funny, but also kind of genius....
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Episode #3: Ryan Stelzer (Part 1)
A “philosophy company” might sound like an oxymoron, but Ryan Stelzer had the audacity to found one. After studying philosophy at the University of Chicago, Ryan landed a Presidential Management...
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Episode #10: Greg Sadler (Part 2)
Over the last decade, Greg Sadler has emerged as the “YouTube philosopher.” Someone was inevitably going to fill that role, but the title is well deserved: Greg has produced around 1400 videos, has...
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Episode #15: Zachary Pirtle
Conventional wisdom regards the “STEM” disciplines as diametrically opposed to the humanities in general, and philosophy in particular. But Zachary Pirtle is living proof that this view is wrong...
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Episode #24: Plato Not Prozac: Lou Marinoff (Part 1)
Lou Marinoff was doing practical philosophy before it was cool. In the 1990s, he helped pioneer and popularize philosophical counseling and authored the international bestseller Plato not Prozac. His...
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