Category: academia

The effects of personality traits and attitudes towards the rule on academic dishonesty among university students | Scientific Reports | Opinion

In general, students’ tendency to engage in academic dishonesty was accounted for by the demographic variables, the personality variables, and the attitude variables. Specifically, consisting to the results of correlation analysis, age but not gender positively predicted academic dishonesty. Source: The effects of personality traits and attitudes towards the rule on academic dishonesty among university… Read More The effects of personality traits and attitudes towards the rule on academic dishonesty among university students | Scientific Reports | Opinion

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Philosophy professor calls diversity pledges ‘new faith statements’ | The College Fix | Opinion

A philosopher, recalling his academic job search years ago, compared the statements of faith required by religious colleges to the new diversity pledges and ostensibly secular schools. Source: Philosophy professor calls diversity pledges ‘new faith statements’ | The College Fix Opinion – Get The Truth and Spy The Lie? The Practice Anyone who has spent… Read More Philosophy professor calls diversity pledges ‘new faith statements’ | The College Fix | Opinion

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Feminist university professor told to get bodyguards after students demanded she be sacked | Daily Mail Online | Opinion

Police have warned Kathleen Stock, a Philosophy professor at the University of Sussex, to stay away from campus for now and teach classes online. Source: Feminist university professor told to get bodyguards after students demanded she be sacked | Daily Mail Online Opinion: Speak your mind and be physically threatened? Most bloggers who actually want… Read More Feminist university professor told to get bodyguards after students demanded she be sacked | Daily Mail Online | Opinion

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Russian Spies inside U.S. Universities as students and professors | Opinion

Reports of foreign agents from Russia entering these schools as professors and students, it is difficult to determine the reliability of this practice. Source: Russian Spies inside U.S. Universities as students and professors Opinion: Is it more hellish to be a hostile spy or to be the victim of a spies’ wiles and moral bankruptcy?… Read More Russian Spies inside U.S. Universities as students and professors | Opinion

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Carl Jung on Psychosis and Schizophrenia | Psych Central | Opinion

Pioneering psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s thoughts on psychosis and schizophrenia came from his own experience. Source: Carl Jung on Psychosis and Schizophrenia | Psych Central Opinion: Back in the early 90s, I was visiting my parents in Toronto while taking my Ph.D. in Ottawa. Talking with my dad, a very practical man, I said… Read More Carl Jung on Psychosis and Schizophrenia | Psych Central | Opinion

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Academia – The Problem And The Answer?

The Problem? https://www.tumblr.com/eptoday/661861895307968512/is-university-a-waste-of-time-these-days-find-out The Answer? https://www.tumblr.com/eptoday/661862135623712768/higher-education-needs-a-more-holistic-approach My Indian M.A. at Santiniketan, W. Bengal certainly fit into a ‘holistic’ model and my undergrad coursework choices in Canada were also headed that way. Maybe I got shot down by an authoritarian and incompetent professor at the Ph.D. level but I am glad I took the courses I… Read More Academia – The Problem And The Answer?

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Juno-winning musician receives degree 44 years after leaving university – Collingwood News | Opinion

Read the full story and comment on CollingwoodToday. Source: Juno-winning musician receives degree 44 years after leaving university – Collingwood News Opinion: Here’s a funny story that caught my eye. 44 years after a guy is wronged by a university, the institution finally comes clean and awards him his degree. Geez, that’s almost as long… Read More Juno-winning musician receives degree 44 years after leaving university – Collingwood News | Opinion

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Czech Republic: An Intersection of International Crime on JSTOR | Opinion

Miroslav Nožina, Czech Republic: An Intersection of International Crime, Perspectives, No. 12 (summer 99), pp. 57-64 Source: Czech Republic: An Intersection of International Crime on JSTOR Opinion: Not until fairly recently did scholarly publications begin to appear in the humanities on the topic of international espionage and crime. It seemed that social analysts like Marxists,… Read More Czech Republic: An Intersection of International Crime on JSTOR | Opinion

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Oxford University Press to end centuries of tradition by closing its printing arm | Publishing | The Guardian | Opinion

Falling sales blamed as 20 jobs axed in final chapter for history of printing in the city, which stretches back to the earliest days of book publishing Source: Oxford University Press to end centuries of tradition by closing its printing arm | Publishing | The Guardian Opinion: Around the time I graduated from the University… Read More Oxford University Press to end centuries of tradition by closing its printing arm | Publishing | The Guardian | Opinion

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