Comments on: Great moments in academia

By: bfs

bfs — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:33:36 +0000

@Richard
I presume you are joking. There’s more than a bit of evidence that Margaret cooked the book, or that her sources were less than accurate. So writing about one’s preconceived notions and calling it scientific anthropology is more than 80 years old.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:26:39 +0000

@Dave Eggers

Columbia Anthropology majors get elite jobs in “journalism”, “banking” and “development”. Joke’s on you.

By: Bill H

Bill H — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:14:19 +0000

However, I do wonder what would happen if I did something like this and while engaged in activity required for course credit, my students ended up getting arrested

I don’t know, give them a solid B+, perhaps?

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:36:31 +0000

I agree it sounds very silly. But, look, Penn State had a JoPa 101 class. I don’t read too much into a class offering. It is an elective.

By: LisaMarie

LisaMarie — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:47:33 +0000

As a prof, I’m really uncomfortable with this. At least signing up for the class is entirely voluntary. However, I do wonder what would happen if I did something like this and while engaged in activity required for course credit, my students ended up getting arrested.

By: Roy B

Roy B — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:32:07 +0000

Will Mark Rudd be receiving belated credit for his time spent in the admin bldg in 1968?

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:29:59 +0000

I miss the old anthropology of Margret Mead when she would study the kinship relationships and sex habits of the Trobriand Islanders. At that time anthropology could reasonably claim to be a science. Now, anthropology has become an enclave of left-wing loons. One would hope that at least some research would go into the development of a new course. Otherwise one might believe that the course is just an excuse for spouting their Marxist ideology. Once again my alma mater has given me a reason to not contribute to their annual fund drive.

By: David Eggers

David Eggers — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:29:02 +0000

This class will probably be these student’s most valuable course. Once they graduate they’ll know exactly where to go to complain about the lack of anthropology job opportunities and their $240,000 of student debt.

By: boblipton

boblipton — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:21:59 +0000

Occupy Columbia University!

Oh, wait, they did that already in the 1960s. Not to mention when Alexander Hamilton was a student there.

Bob