Why We Shouldn’t Shrink Our PhD Programs
Every so often—especially on Twitter—academic philosophers call to reduce the size of philosophy PhD programs. The reasoning is usually altruistic, if also a bit...
Statement on Equity and Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The following is a statement from the Advisory Board of Tenure for the Common Good regarding contingent faculty.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant...
Fighting with UC Santa Cruz for a Cost of Living Adjustment: An interview with...
In the wake of the recent firings of 54 graduate students by UC Santa Cruz following their wildcat strike, the Blog of the APA...
Kathleen Higgins: What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?
This is an excerpt of an interview with Kathleen Higgins, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, in which she talks...
Study the Humanities: Articulating Career Pathways
Commentators have offered a variety of explanations for the widely observed decline in humanities majors and enrollments. Evidence suggests the primary cause is a dramatic reordering of student priorities away...
Why Should Professors Care About Their Students?
Years ago at a meeting of the American Philosophical Association, I passed a group of graduate students who were responding enthusiastically as one described...
Gender Bias in Philosophy Social Media
A top medical journal published a research letter this week concerning the behavior of health researchers on Twitter, and how that behavior is informed...
Ten Suggestions for Interviewing Job Candidates
A crucial step in making a faculty appointment is the initial interviewing of candidates. The process typically takes place at a professional conference or...
Three Reasons Why We Should Not Request Letters of Recommendation for Job Applications
A standard element for a job application for a philosophy tenure-track position is three (or more) letters of recommendation, requested up front. Just glancing...
Cultivating Philosophical Style
As a student in an analytic philosophy department in the ’70s and ’80s, I scarcely heard a word about the importance of style. I...