MIT scraps diversity statements in faculty-hiring process
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Before I reach my enemy, bring me some heads
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Why do public intellectuals condescend to their readers?
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Finnish astronomers acquitted in defamation case related to protesting harassment – astrophysicist Christian Ott argued protests cost him postdoc position
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Where the humanities aren't in crisis
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I signed up to write college essays for rich kids. I found cheating is more complicated than I thought.
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Why is academic writing terrible?
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What academics can do now to prevent a coup later
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Academics are really, really worried about their freedom
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The 450 Movement
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A female historian wrote a book. Two male historians went on NPR to talk about it. They never mentioned her name. It’s Sarah Milov.
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A union fight at Marquette University
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So I became a historian—Now I’m telling how it worked out
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How to study abusers: Should reading lists come with a content warning?
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Academic grievance studies and the corruption of scholarship
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The Grievance Studies Scandal: Five Academics Respond
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How long does it take you to read an academic journal article?
I feel like I'm a bit slow, though I'm gaining practice. I cannot read two moderate or long-ish papers in one day. I guess part of that reason is that the field I'm mostly reading in is a field...
I feel like I'm a bit slow, though I'm gaining practice. I cannot read two moderate or long-ish papers in one day. I guess part of that reason is that the field I'm mostly reading in is a field I'm new to, though in accordance with that what I'm reading often is kindo-of introductory material (linguistics, and Linguistics Handbook ed. Aronoff, 2017). A chapter is around the size of an average paper (around 25-30 pages). Another factor may be that I'm not a native speaker of English, but I think I do have a quite decent command of it especially when reading, enough to read through ~60 A4 pages in five-six hours, but I just can't do it.
So I wonder if I'm too slow or maybe exaggerating it a bit? How long does it take for you, and how many can you read, without skimming/skipping, in a "day"?
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