A couple of interesting posts up today, one is a paper by Professor Brian Croxall entitled “The Absent Presence: Today’s Faculty.” (The link comes via Brian Leiter, via a tip off from an old friend, or at least someone with the same name) Professor Croxall cites the ratio of students now taught by adjunct faculty [...]

I have some thoughts on how to best design an undergraduate theory curriculum in ways that teach essential texts and keep enrollment and interest in the subfield high.
Here’s the current layout:
200 Level: Intro to Political Theory
300 Level: Plato to Marx
300 Level: Marx to Present
400 Level: Occasional Special Topics
I’m wondering if doing the 300 level courses [...]

It turns out that professors have little influence on the political views of students.  Parents, on the other hand, have an incredibly strong pull, which is why they are so good at convincing their children that Professors make people “more liberal” even though there is not a shred of evidence.  
 
Also lovely is the lamentation [...]