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Because No System Defines Me
Will Hochman responds to an anonymous poem about leaving an academic career with a poem about staying.
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An Open Letter to Ed.D. Candidates
Dear Ed.D.’s, I know y’all have it a little rough. Many academics don’t take your credentials terribly seriously. Until recently...
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Academia's 3Ms (Merit, Money, Marriage)
The Economist's 16 December issue opened its article on why doctoral degrees waste 21st century students' time and money with...
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The Holiday Break
I really look forward to the December holiday break. Though the University is always prepared and staffed if any emergency...
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Critiquing "Blunder"
There is a section of my (virtual) bookshelf (stored on the Audible/Amazon cloud) that could be titled: "Why You Are...
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Planned Obsolescence
When my son was around ten, we discovered that we could access Jay Leno’s headlines on the computer. Since we...
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Growing Concern Over Digital Thesis Deposit
Concern is developing over how theses and dissertations in creative writing programs get deposited in order to satisfy graduation requirements...
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Locke, Freud and the F.C.C.
Mr. John Galt and I have been engaged in an interesting discussion about rights; if you are curious, please take...