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Kansas Suspends Tenure Protections
The Kansas Board of Regents yesterday approved a measure that, according to a faculty member representing the Council of Faculty Senate Presidents in Kanasas,…
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Humanities Myth-Busting
A new website offers free posters, postcards, and handouts that dispel misconceptions about humanities majors.
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A Publishing Guide for Graduate Students (guest post)
In the following guest post*, Perry Hendricks, a productive Ph.D. student at Purdue University, offers some advice for his fellow graduate students about publishing…
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A Guide for Organizing Online Philosophical Conversations (guest post)
When the pandemic pushed professional activities online, “we organized the ‘talks’ of conferences, but neglected the conversation,” writes Georgi Gardiner, assistant professor of philosophy…
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The Condition of Daily Nous
I’ve been receiving some queries about the site, so I thought a brief post was in order.
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Lessons from the Pandemic (guest post)
“A pandemic reverses the asymmetry of risk.”
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Cuts at Ithaca College Include Philosophy
Following up on a fall announcement of pending faculty and program cuts, the administration of Ithaca College has released a draft proposal specifying who…
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Mini-Heap
New additions to the Heap of Links…
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Ethics Case Studies Collection Continues to Grow
Looking for free, concise, and current ethics case studies?
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The High Production Quality/Low Cost Future of Philosophy Education?
Here are three trends in higher education:
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University of Dallas Names Philosopher as Next President
The Board of Trustees of the University of Dallas, a Catholic university in Texas, has announced that philosopher Jonathan J. Sanford will be the…
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Mini-Heap
New links of interest to those interested in philosophy…
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How Should Departments Credit Faculty for Public Philosophy?
The Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), will be considering a proposal about how to recognize the work its faculty…
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Have Philosophy PhD Programs Received More Applications for 2021?
Recently, an undergraduate applying to Ph.D. programs in philosophy wrote with an anxious query about a possible increase in the number of people doing…
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Examining the Future of Academic Events (guest post)
Following up on yesterday’s piece regarding online conferences, Heather Douglas, professor of philosophy at Michigan State University, in this guest post,* asks us to…
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Online Conferences: The New Default (guest post)
In the following guest post,* a group of scholars make the case that the online conferences, the recent prevalence of which has been spurred…
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Margaret Morrison (1954-2021)
Margaret Morrison, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, has died.
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Richard Garner (1936-2020)
Richard Thomas Garner, emeritus professor of philosophy at The Ohio State University, has died.
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Scottish Newspaper: Philosophy is a “Vaccine” Against Future Trumps
The Scotsman, one of Scotland’s leading newspapers, called for a greater emphasis on philosophy in education, saying “we need to vaccinate ourselves against the…
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