Spittin' Change

This article contains an analysis of disturbing, but not new, trends in the retention and treatment of female and minority faculty.  It is a relatively quick, worthwhile, read.

You can find it here at John L. Jackson, Jr.’s blog.

On the way to work this morning, I really enjoyed listening to an episode of the series entitled Future Perfect created by To The Best of Our Knowledge (PRI).  The episode I listened to is “Part 2: Our Money”.  Gratefully, my commute was not long enough for me to hear the entire show, but I plan to pick up where I left off.

Here is the link.

While I recover from the semester and, indeed, the year, and gather my own thoughts about a film I found to be provocative and disturbing, Precious, allow me to direct your attention to the debate on Mark Anthony Neal’s blog about the film:

You’ll find it here.