Are Research Papers the Best Way Forward?Posted on March 21, 2014 by Josh KingcadeWant to irritate the entire world of academia? Try suggesting that professors should stop assigning papers. In an essay on Slate.com, Rebecca Shuman suggests that college professors should stop assigning papers in required courses and instead should give “old-school, hardcore exams, written and oral.” Her reasons will sound familiar: teachers hate grading papers, the emerging…
Write Along Side of ThemPosted on October 5, 2013 by Philip Ruge-JonesTwo things often slip my mind when teaching a writing intensive research course:That students refuse to believe that writing is a process and overestimate their ability to pull off a project in the final hour, andThat when I’m writing I know the lure of the same delusions….