Author Archives: Steve Krause

Get your copy of “Invasion of the MOOCs” Today!

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Steve Krause

Well, it’s finally and officially here: Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promises and Perils of Massive Open Online Courses, edited by me and Charlie Lowe, is out, available for sale and as a free PDF download. Parlor Press is selling the … Continue reading →

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Not Dead Yet

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Steve Krause

Let me start with what I think Ann Larson and I both agree about, at least as she discusses it in her post “Rhetoric and Composition’s Dead.” I think collective bargaining/unionization for academics is a good thing: faculty, lecturers, part-timers, and … Continue reading →

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Coming soon/by the CCCCs: Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promises and Perils of Massive Open Online Courses

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Steve Krause

I am happy to report that the book of essays that Charlie Lowe and I have been editing is that much closer to being out. It’s called Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promises and Perils of Massive Open Online Courses, it’s being … Continue reading →

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What is this, “MLA?”

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Steve Krause

About a month ago, Annette and I both received a Facebook message from a grad school friend of ours asking if we were going to MLA this year. My smart-ass reply was “What is this ‘MLA?’”  As I have mentioned … Continue reading →

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Three things that could (maybe) change the academic job market in small, medium, and large ways

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Steve Krause

I’m still procrastinating on getting ready for the start of the winter term (we call it winter and not spring here– and for good reason– and it starts next week), and for whatever reason, I can’t quite let go of … Continue reading →

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Four (and a half?) thoughts on “social media” and academics– about Kansas and generally

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Steve Krause

Happy New Year! And I’m going to start off blogging in 2014 with something I meant to blog about a few weeks ago, a little bit about the “social media” and the Kansas Board of Regents’ policy against it. I’m … Continue reading →

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As long as I have your attention: one more addendum on the state of the job market and decreasing tenure-track jobs in “the humanities”

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Steve Krause

Boy, mention Rebecca “pan kisses kafka” Schuman in a post about a fight on the Chronicle of Higher Education site and the hits just pile up! All of this and some tweets from Elizabeth “@badcoverversion” Keenan about trends in higher ed and … Continue reading →

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In which I needlessly weigh in on academic searches and “the humanities”

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Steve Krause

I’m not entirely sure why I feel compelled to post about this, but here’s a meandering response to Rebecca “pan kisses kafka” Schuman that started with “Naming and Shaming: UC-Riverside English Gives Candidates 5 Days’ Notice,” continued with a response from … Continue reading →

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The end of the semester and a response to “The End of the College Essay”

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Steve Krause

A lot of faculty go a little crazy at the end of the semester. Sure, everyone understands the pressures students are under, but non-academic-types might be surprised by the extent to which faculty are swamped and otherwise stressed out this … Continue reading →

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Thurn’s “fall” and other MOOC notes of late

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Steve Krause

Not only am I racing to the end of the semester right now; I’m also racing to the end of the “MOOC book,” Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promises and Perils of Massive Online Open Courses. With any luck, I’ll be … Continue reading →

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