tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post7131958218983239203..comments2024-03-28T15:17:18.477-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Review: Academically AdriftMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-79339619760032060722011-02-22T20:00:04.209-06:002011-02-22T20:00:04.209-06:00Thanks for the comments, everyone. I think that th...Thanks for the comments, everyone. I think that the supermarket analogy can be extended in various ways. A friend wonders about “convenience store.”<br /><br />Daughter Number Three, thanks for the link. I wish I had an hour to listen right now, but I need to wait ’til tomorrow.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-79851247198998277322011-02-21T21:13:10.946-06:002011-02-21T21:13:10.946-06:00I heard Richard Arum on a Minnesota Public Radio d...I heard Richard Arum on a Minnesota Public Radio discussion show a few weeks ago (along with Mark Taylor of Columbia, who seems to think tenure is part of the problem). Been meeting to write about it, but it hasn't happened yet. <br /><br />Thanks for the review of Arum's book. Depressing, and entirely different than my own college experience, even though I was doing a lot of things besides studying much of the time. I wonder what my daughter's experience will be like when it starts in a little over a year.<br /><br />Here's the link to the MPR show: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/programs/midmorning/index.php?date=01-24-2011Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-91626995672341788242011-02-21T14:15:39.521-06:002011-02-21T14:15:39.521-06:00It's important to remember that in many superm...It's important to remember that in many supermarkets the "house brand" is identical to the "brand name." And it's usually cheaper. Careful shopping for substance over flash can also get you a nice balanced shopping cart. <br /><br />You can come out with just as good an education if you pick your classes carefully (and put in the work they require) at a less prodigious (read "State") school than if you go to a more prodigious (read "Private") school just to show your (hefty) receipt.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-52190405803196256072011-02-21T09:32:07.515-06:002011-02-21T09:32:07.515-06:00I love the supermarket analogy. Thanks. Will prob...I love the supermarket analogy. Thanks. Will probably be using it SOON!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153700936764940261noreply@blogger.com