http://writinginthewild.com "nothing natural about it!" Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/31/our-working-conditions-are-students-learning-conditions/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/31/our-working-conditions-are-students-learning-conditions/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:25:30 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5270 UI senate unanimous in criticism of Hogan"). That's bourgeois professor speak for "systemic corruption."  As an anecdote for cynicism, then, I try to do some reading about positive things, trends that seem to be moving education in a good direction.  I liked "The Time is Now: Report from the New Faculty Majority Summit" for...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/31/our-working-conditions-are-students-learning-conditions/feed/ 0 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/04/pots-and-kettles/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/04/pots-and-kettles/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:46:56 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5213 economy. I think our industry emerged in an economic culture that was far too unregulated and far too greedy. I think we need more regulation and I think that our industry doesn't need to be so narrowly focused on short-term profits. We share all the problems of modern U.S. capitalism, in other words. I am also often dismayed at the way problems in the for-profit sector seem to be used as cover for the more profound problems in the public sector.  These problems are dwarfed by the exploitation of adjunct labor, bloated  administrative salaries, the weakening of tenure, the...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/04/pots-and-kettles/feed/ 0