Managing your book habit
I’ve never met an academic without a room full of books. Or two. Or three. Rooms, I mean. There are …
Monthly Archives: November 2007
All sorts of updates….
I’ve started and deleted about 3 posts on the whole theory thing in the last 3 days, so I’m going …
I thought they were SHORT on business PhD/DBAs….
Are there REALLY so many unemployed business PhDs around that an online program can afford to take an MBA, ABD …
Will teach for food….
I spent the day looking for online adjunct positions. I sent off several CVs, most of them blind. I did …
What is a conceptual or theoretical framework?
I’m totally unclear on what a conceptual or theoretical framework is or is supposed to be. Who decides that this …
Random Thanksgiving thoughts…
Happy Thanksgiving! Jon is working this year, so I didn’t cook. It was strange. I made cheesecakes anyway, just so …
One small step for me….
I just registered for my first dissertation research hours, confirming that I am not taking any more classes. It was …
Scholarly writing vs. High School Writing
In high school students are taught to write a standard essay as follows: Paragraph 1: Introduction, with the thesis as …
The strategies of graduate school and the academic job market
I’ve already posted about how I find many graduate students too passive in their education. In that article I gave …
Getting back on track
The job news this week really threw me for a loop. There I was on Monday talking about creating a …
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