Field courses need more units
Field courses are critical for the development of scientists in a variety of disciplines.
This fact is self-evident to many.
Top seven reasons to read this listicle
1. Everybody loves lists, right?
2. If I had ads, I’d make even more money from you by making
Attending conferences as a professor from a teaching institution
We are hitting the peak season for conferences.
For those of us from teaching-centered schools, we have an extra challenge
First, let’s remove all the desks
Let’s say I were a provost or president, and had some hundred thousand dollars lying around that needed to
On not liking teaching
Some hubbub has emerged over an opinion piece published over in the Chronicle of Higher Education a few days ago,
Juggling summer parenting and research
Some people think that when kids are old enough to go to school, that parents get more time available to
Pretending you planned to test that hypothesis the whole time
Our scientific papers often harbor a massive silent fiction.
Papers often lead the readership into thinking that the main point
Letters of recommendation for a faculty job: teaching observations
How do you get a (teaching) job without experience, and how do you get (teaching) experience without a job?
Sure,
We’re teaching the scientific method incorrectly
As a scientist, I am often doing science. It’s my job. I know science. By any measure, I’m
Open question: sabbatical funding?
This is a question for you:
I suspect most universities have moved to a one-semester sabbatical, with a full-year sabbatical
