Brainstorm: Reading, Writing, and the Profession - Chronicle.com

Mark Bauerlein has a great short article that speaks against over-publishing in the humanities, and I think it speaks well to any qualitative inquiry. He even suggests a limit on the number of pages allowed when going up for tenure: “Just give us your best 100 pages,” should be the rule” for those coming up for tenure. What a thought… quality over quantity.

Brainstorm: Reading, Writing, and the Profession - Chronicle.com

Harper’s Plagiarized Speech

Watch the video at CBC.ca News - Canada Votes - Ormiston Online - Politics or Plagiarism?.

I must ask: “Is this leadership?” I can assume that Harper will say it isn’t his problem, but one of his team… the team he leads? Or some other team over which he has no control. I’m very very vigilant when it comes to catching plagiarism for a variety of reasons. Now, I am willing to allow people a second chance when it comes to plagiarism… it shouldn’t destroy their career. That said, I would still insist that a penalty be applied and that some notice should be made on someone’s record… and to just shrug it off represents a callous disregard for integrity. We all make mistakes, but how we respond to them is the mark of a person’s character. IMHO.

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Wow. Made it through the day. That is a cool thing in and of itself.