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  1. Friday Woody Guthrie blogging

    http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/05/friday-woody-guthrie-blogging/

    Jim Henley writes : Oh by the way: “Country First” is a fascist idea. There ought to be a fairly large number of people, things and groups that are more important to you than your “country.” Well, as a Brit, I oughtn’t to intrude, but I can report that within seconds of reading Jim’s post, a certain Woody Guthrie song was going through my head ….. …

    1 day ago

  2. Bonuses at Kent State

    http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/05/bonuses-at-kent-state/

    A Chronicle story, annoyingly behind a paywall, here. The gist: Kent State University is trying a new and unusual tactic to improve its status, retention rate, and fund raising—-paying cash bonuses to faculty members if the university exceeds its goals in those areas. …

    1 day ago

  3. Research ethics

    http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/05/research-ethics/

    Oh how times change! I rather doubt that a piece of 1958 research on how children behave when locked in fridges would make it past a modern university ethics committee! Using a specially designed enclosure, 201 children 2 to 5 years of age took part in tests in which six devices were used, including two developed in the course of this experiment as the result of observation of behavior. …

    1 day ago
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