Comments on: Two Academies http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laurie http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-361032 Laurie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:26:41 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9197#comment-361032 http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e39ea696-5c3c-4622-8b85-2d9183b4b7e9 Late to this party, but David Bell in the New Republic apparently has more time to respond to silly NYT edtorials than I do this time of the year... http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e39ea696-5c3c-4622-8b85-2d9183b4b7e9

Late to this party, but David Bell in the New Republic apparently has more time to respond to silly NYT edtorials than I do this time of the year…

]]> By: Bill the Shoe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-360878 Bill the Shoe Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:25:28 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9197#comment-360878 Lex-- Yes, grad students are cheap academic labor, but that doesn't end with graduation. The major divide is between tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty--on a cost-per-course-taught basis, adjunct ("adjunked") professors are markedly cheaper than full-timers. (For a hilariously bitter take on adjuncting, the "Screw-U." skit at http://www.campusequityweek.org/2001/Screw%20U.Skit.html ) I finished the post-Naval doctorate and decided that there was no room for an almost-dead, male, military historian in today's academy--that's three-and-a-half strikes out of four. Lex–
Yes, grad students are cheap academic labor, but that doesn’t end with graduation. The major divide is between tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty–on a cost-per-course-taught basis, adjunct (“adjunked”) professors are markedly cheaper than full-timers. (For a hilariously bitter take on adjuncting, the “Screw-U.” skit at http://www.campusequityweek.org/2001/Screw%20U.Skit.html )
I finished the post-Naval doctorate and decided that there was no room for an almost-dead, male, military historian in today’s academy–that’s three-and-a-half strikes out of four.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-360864 anonymous Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:50:52 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9197#comment-360864 I thought this mixture of curriculum, in the style of a Renaissance Man-style polymath, was the purpose of minor programs (and core curriculum) whilst attending a university; in order to create a well-rounded individual. Case in point: a certain Southern school of colors orange and blue in lower Alabama has a specific business minor for engineering students wherein they study under the tutelage of the business department and work on projects with business students. I thought this mixture of curriculum, in the style of a Renaissance Man-style polymath, was the purpose of minor programs (and core curriculum) whilst attending a university; in order to create a well-rounded individual.

Case in point: a certain Southern school of colors orange and blue in lower Alabama has a specific business minor for engineering students wherein they study under the tutelage of the business department and work on projects with business students.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-360798 Skippy-san Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:27:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9197#comment-360798 <em>“Self licking ice cream cone”.</em> I thought this was post about colleges-not Hornet tankers! :-) “Self licking ice cream cone”.

I thought this was post about colleges-not Hornet tankers! :-)

]]> By: blackeagle603 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-360784 blackeagle603 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:18:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9197#comment-360784 "...Don’t get me wrong, it’s valuable, but let these guys build something from time to time, applied sciences and such." You mean like "Mech Engs build weapons systems. Civil Engs build targets?" “…Don’t get me wrong, it’s valuable, but let these guys build something from time to time, applied sciences and such.”

You mean like “Mech Engs build weapons systems. Civil Engs build targets?”

]]> By: StupidSNA http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/two-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-360776 StupidSNA Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:52:49 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9197#comment-360776 The ignorant boors are anyone who thinks the other is completely useless, be it humanities students who have no use for science or engineers who consider the humanities worthless. The ignorant boors are anyone who thinks the other is completely useless, be it humanities students who have no use for science or engineers who consider the humanities worthless.

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