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What Institutions Owe Public Scholars

Posted onMay 15, 2015February 7, 2019 By David Perry

To institutions: if you want the reputational currency of public scholars you’d better have institutional processes & courage to go with it — Tressie Mc, PhD (@tressiemcphd) May 12, 2015 Almost a year ago, I wrote about Steven Salaita being un-hired by the University of Illinois. I argued: I come to this topic not as … Continue ReadingWhat Institutions Owe Public Scholars

Twitter and Tenure

Posted onMarch 14, 2015February 7, 2019 By David Perry

I write about public engagement and the academy for the Chronicle and here on the blog. Mostly, I have talked about the ways that formal non-academic writing (opinion essays, popular books, other media outreach) and community engagement (undocumented students) function within the core mission of an academic institution and career. There are, though, more radical views. … Continue ReadingTwitter and Tenure

Sustained Public Engagement

Posted onJune 24, 2014February 7, 2019 By David Perry

I have a new piece up at the Chronicle on public engagement in higher education. I’ve written about public engagement both here and on various sites before, but now I am starting a series of columns for the advice/careers section of the Chronicle. I will be writing about how both individuals and institutions could be engaging … Continue ReadingSustained Public Engagement

Going Public – A Medievalist on CNN.com

Posted onMay 11, 2014February 7, 2019 By David Perry

I’ve been at the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies, held annually at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. It’s an extraordinary event – over 3000 medievalists come to this small town and lovely campus and, over four days, work on everything from the most micro-specialized topic to giant sweeping questions about the academy and … Continue ReadingGoing Public – A Medievalist on CNN.com

A National Women’s History Museum Without Historians of Women

Posted onApril 30, 2014February 7, 2019 By David Perry

In the New Republic, historian Sonya Michel has written a scathing indictment (with a response and followup) of the “National Women’s History Museum,” a group dedicated to making a real museum on the Mall in D.C.  According to the piece (and many other historians, including – full disclosure here – my mother), the NWHM has gone out of … Continue ReadingA National Women’s History Museum Without Historians of Women

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NEW POST (please read and share!): If we're going to do mediocre partial measures on student debt relief, can we at least look at a real number? I wrote:

"If the goal is to help people who go to public universities, then let's try to peg this relief to the actual numbers we have on debt from public universities. Here's what I can find.

'Among those who borrow, the average debt at graduation is $25,921 — or $6,480 for each year of a four-year degree at a public university. Among all public university graduates, including those who didn’t borrow, the average debt at graduation is $16,300.'

So $25,921 would be great, because then we can peg future relief to that "average debt" number. But $16,300 would also be great, because it's bigger than the arbitrary 10K."

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I'm beginning to think about Human Resource Management (exciting, I know!), specifically Bereavement Leave, in a post-Covid world. The time to start planning is now.

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