I agree with much of what Ammon and James say. I also gree with James about not writing off Ramsay. In fact, much of what Ramsay proposes makes sense to […]

The title of this comment is borrowed from James, who has recently expressed some concerns with what he views as problematic elements in Ramsay’s work. I have also found the […]

Some common themes in the literature regarding graduate education reform range from getting rid of the perception that the only goal of earning a PhD in the humanities is a […]

Kathleen Fitzpatrick in Planned Obsolescence, dates the advent of peer review as far back as 1752 to the Royal Society of London’s journal, Philosophical Transactions, and possibly even earlier to […]

I need to preface the following by noting that I haven’t finished Ramsay’s book.  He could very well address and put to rest the issues I’m about to raise, which […]

On June 19, 2012, or a day or two after, I responded to the following comments made by Ray Huang of Turnitin: Turnitin recently added the ability to add colored […]

A common thread in the projects and proposals in this crucial conversation about reforming graduate education is a call for greater multi-disciplinarity in the humanities. Several writers seem to be […]

  The selection of readings for today’s class present an interesting and important point of view when considering the state of employment in the academy, and subsequently, what skills the […]