But is being poor the new sexy? And what happened to the old sexy? (Oh, here I am.)

[sensaes]

If you didn't already know that this post was - and is - about academia, I could probably get away with a few off-colour metaphors about the sex trade before you twigged.* It almost seems a shame to waste 'em, but now the cat's out of the bag

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Your bonus thing - well, at least that's one American university that'll be saving some cash...

[sensaes]

"A journalism instructor at the University of North Carolina has been forced to resign after engaging in a scandalous series of online sex chats with a female student."

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/52598-journalism-instructor-forced-to-resign-over-steamy-chats

(I do love that they put "new media" in quotation marks...where it belongs.)

[tyopsqueene]

Is there anything actually in his argument other than 'academics should spend more time teaching bigger classes with standardised and thus more efficient organisation and assessment'? I mean, he's not wrong about that, he's just clearly got no frigging idea what academics actually *do*. Bless.

Its his Center, and he'll cry if he wants to.

[sensaes]

With an Economics professorship at Ohio comes great responsibility detachment.

Re: Its his Center, and he'll cry if he wants to.

[tyopsqueene]

"If you make something cheaply, it will be cheaper". If only I was an economist I could have my name on that aphorism and sit on Think Tanks. Clearly I am a geniusess.

Careful, your awe is showing.

[sensaes]

Unfortunately, I am contractually obligated not to take the piss out of think-tanks...even if you give them Capital Letters, and tangentially remind me of The Worst CV I Ever Had To Read As Part Of An Internship Application.