Blogs about: Mark C Taylor

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Forgive them Whanau for they know not what they do

bspiers wrote 2 months ago: And I bless’d them unaware! Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I bless’d them unaware. The self … more →

Tags: essays, A Four Letter Word, Albatross, Alex Nathan, Allen Curnow, Ancyent Marinere, Blood+, David Tracy, Environment

The Borderland

dhuisjen2 wrote 6 months ago: This week I’ve had the first set of extra days off school since getting back to work for Espoo this … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Education, Religion, Linguistics, Priorities, Tolerance, Travel, Social Identity, Islam

More Fear and Loathing

sam wrote 9 months ago: Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real c … more →

Tags: Pop Analysis, Theology and Religion, psychedelic nature spirituality, Realized Eschatology, Realism, Fear and Loathing, mysterium tremendum, Idealism, Hyperrealism

Fear and Loathing in the Desert of the Real

sam wrote 1 year ago: Psychedelic drugs have been a widespread part of popular culture since the middle of the twentieth c … more →

Tags: Pop Analysis, Theology and Religion, Hunter S. Thompson, fear and loathing in las vegas, psychedelic nature spirituality, Realized Eschatology, Realism

What is a Masters degree worth? à la NY Times

Mrs Dr.D wrote 1 year ago: I was scouting the internet to see what’s ‘out there’ concerning Masters degree af … more →

Tags: master's degree, united states, Richard Vedder, Doctor of Philosophy, Education

Skull Talk, Skullduggery and Damien Hirst

artamaze wrote 1 year ago: I went to the mall. Last Sunday I drew twelve people at Maggianos at Old Orchard. We were celebratin … more →

Tags: Galleries, Imagination, literalness, still life 2, semiotics, skull, Momento Mori, brain, Damien Hirst

Blood/Rain

bspiers wrote 1 year ago: “We’d need the whole film of the trip in real time, including the unbearable heat and th … more →

Tags: Sketches, Nancy, zizek, Taylor, cultural theory, New Zealand, Aotearoa, Cut, Sacred

He that Diggeth1 comment

bspiers wrote 1 year ago: To Dig Down is To Go Back (MCT) He that Diggeth … more →

Tags: Sketches, Baxter, James K Baxter, Nancy, zizek, Steiner, Taylor, MCT, cultural theory

Ao-tear-oa

bspiers wrote 1 year ago: ‘the tear, rent, cut, rend, is a TEAR that beckons to approach indeed to enter’ (MCT) - … more →

Tags: Sketches, Baxter, James K Baxter, Taylor, MCT, cultural theory, New Zealand, Aotearoa, Cut

Crisis on Campus

beki70 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just finished reading Mark C. Taylor’s Crisis on Campus. It’s a book version … more →

Tags: Academia, Academic Management, crisis on campus, COLUMBIA

The Mediated Life2 comments

dhuisjen2 wrote 1 year ago: In this weekend’s essay I want to try to tie together a bunch of scattered ideas that have been floa … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Education, empathy, spirituality, Finland, Balance, immorality, Maslow, Neil Postman

cash, currency, corporations1 comment

anirban wrote 1 year ago: Recently, I saw the following ad on TV:     I don’t know what it was about this that caugh … more →

Tags: ArchiTextures, spaces, Capitalism 2, capitalism, Capital, Corporate, Finance, Matrix, Money

After God i Mark C. Taylor

m. wrote 2 years ago: Interessant entrevista al catedràtic Mark C. Taylor  de Berta Ares a Revista de Letras, en motiu de … more →

Tags: Serious stuff, U. S., Mass media, Ficció, Religio

Higher education financial sustainability

universitydiary wrote 2 years ago: Writing recently in the New York Times, the academic theologian and well-known commentator on US hig … more →

Tags: University, Higher Education, higher education funding

TNR review of Mark C Taylor's "unbelievably misguided book"16 comments

Shahar Ozeri wrote 2 years ago: TNR review of Mark C Taylor’s latest book about higher education : The syndrome has become all … more →

Tags: Depravity, Culture, capitalism, Education, Academia, Higher Education, Stupid academia

In Times Of Yore, There Was Tenure1 comment

aroundthesphere wrote 2 years ago: NYT had a Room For Debate on tenure. Mark C. Taylor: Tenure is financially unsustainable and intelle … more →

Tags: Education, New York Times, Slate, megan mcardle, john schwenkler, The American Scene, Christopher Beam, Instapundit, Joe Weisenthal

Is our traditional university model outdated?7 comments

universitydiary wrote 3 years ago: Is this a description of today’s university you would recognise? – ‘The production … more →

Tags: University, Higher Education, university reform

Information Technology, Profit Competition, & Higher Education

skylarzrhetontech wrote 3 years ago: My comments on the assigned article: “Useful Devils” Mark C. Taylor reviews the book, Dancing with t … more →

Tags: RWS 511, Education, 21st Century, discourse and medium, Literacy, digital education, Richard Katz

Experience Counts - Sometimes More Than An Advanced Degree

whereiskatima wrote 3 years ago: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/what-is-a-masters-degree-worth/#mark Each and ever … more →

Tags: Economy and Me, Education Observations, What might this person(s) be thinking?, Take Aways, peace corps, Teachers College at Columbia University in NYC, The New York Times, advanced degrees, economic downturn


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