Patrick Charles pulls no punches in his critique of one-sided, narrowly scoped, legal histories, and he shares a few lessons he’s learned from reading them. 1. Incorporate Actual and Accepted Historical Works Into Your Scholarship. Citing only one or two works does nothing to help expand the scholarship on your topic. Include the landmark historical works […]
Newsflash: Book ownership an indicator of education levels – ksl.com
April 1, 2011 by
My Better-Half, always alert to improving our children’s chances, sent me an article yesterday. More books around the house will be an indicator how well our kids will do educationally, she said. According to the link to KSL.com Children with as few as 25 books in the family household completed on average two more years […]
No more “third-tier toilet” for you to worry about?
March 15, 2011 by
With the release of U.S. News law school rankings comes a new style of ranking. No longer will school lower than 100 be grouped and unranked together. Yup, that’s right: say goodbye to the term “TTT,” or “third-tier toilet.” Now these schools get individual numerical ratings, instead of being lumped into an undifferentiated “third tier.” […]
Some Advice on Job Interviews
January 21, 2011 by
Image by shindohd via Flickr If you know me, you know that I occasionally sport a bow tie. I’ve even been introduced as “the bow tie guy.” However, when I showed up for the interview for my current employment, sporting a black suit and a colorful bow tie, I was tactfully told by my future […]
Ben Lusty, on Congressional education policy
August 20, 2010 by
My good friend Ben Lusty published a piece on Congressional use of it’s funding power to influence education policy in the states. Because I feel like the tension between the states and federal government merits scrutiny, especially when money is at issue, I have reprinted Ben’s piece here with his permission. Congress’ education bailout is bad […]
Getting educated on immigration
August 6, 2010 by
Immigration has become a hot topic. A hot topic at dinner, a hot topic on the news and in the opinion pages, a hot topic at the water cooler, and a hot topic for the voting public. Bloggers and talking heads are having a hay-day with it, and there’s no shortage of opinions out there, […]
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