"The Decline of Historical Thinking"
From The New Yorker, a passionate plea for the civic importance of the history major.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-decline-of-historical-thinking
Links
H-Adjunct is an open, inter-disciplinary forum for issues involving adjunct, part-time and temporary faculty at universities, colleges and community colleges. All faculty members, no matter their status, and all interested persons are encouraged to join and contribute.
Here are links to other sites addressing Adjunct and Contingent faculty issues:
The Adjunct Commuter Weekly An online magazine for Adjuncts
COCAL (Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor)
The Adjunct Project (Compare your salary to those listed here)
Coaliton on the Academic Workforce (CAW)
CAW's Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members
Process A Blog by the Organization of American Historians often on issues relevant to Adjunct Faculty.
Recent Content
CFP NYC 2019 Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies
CMCS 8th International Conference
Bridging Gaps: Re-Fashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics
The Terrace Club / Club Quarters (across NBC)
New York City, USA
August 30 – September 1, 2019
Abstract deadline: March 18, 2019
Keynote Speakers:
Dr Andrew Zolides
Communication and Media, Xavier University, USA
COCAL UPDATES, JANUARY 12, 2019
A QUOTE TO REMEMBER:
Public schools are at the center of the manufactured breakdown of the fabric of everyday life. They are under attack not because they are failing, but because they are public. Henry Giroux
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Panic about students and “safe spaces” is completely misguided
"I’ve never had a student ask for a safe space. Here’s what they have asked for."
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/12/12/18131186/college-campus-safe-spaces-trigger-wa...
COCAL UPDATES, DECEMBER 17, 2018
A QUOTE TO REMEMBER:
Public schools are at the center of the manufactured breakdown of the fabric of everyday life. They are under attack not because they are failing, but because they are public. Henry Giroux
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