[recomposingUNC] next semester

[Liz Mason-Deese]

Hi all -

I also like the idea of weekly readings and second Yousuf's idea of either
the Edu-factory book or Marc Bousquet's book. (I read University Inc a
couple of years ago and it's good but I think all of it's main points are
probably fairly obvious to us).

I'd also propose a team or small subgroup of folks to get together to talk
about blog/website stuff - it's something I would like to do but I also
don't want to be making decisions on my own about it.

As for more "fun" things - I have the documentary from the NYU grad student
strike a few years ago if folks want to get together and watch that one
evening?

We should perhaps also talk about how to draw more folks in for next
semester?

take care,
Liz


On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Katie Akin <akinkatie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, rUNC!
>
> I like the idea of weekly readings, and covering a book or two over the
> semester. I would also like to plan more "happy hour" or "family" style
> RecomposingUNC meetings. As for the readings, I think it is a great idea to
> start with the Edu-factory book that Yousuf proposed. The fact that those
> chapters are available in pdf format already will make it easier for people
> to jump in and participate.
>
> Hope everyone is well and enjoying the break!
>
> Sending the best wishes to you and your loved ones--
>
> Katie
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Yenta Laureate <ejswoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a book someone gave me (yes the randomness factor) that was
>> reviewed by the NY Times called "The Lost Soul of Higher Education" - I can
>> skim it to give a very short report on it since it is from the point of view
>> of faculty that don't want the university to go to a corporate model.
>>
>> I'm good with the books below; i've heard good things about them.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Yousuf Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:12:00 -0800 (PST)
>>> > I'd like to propose we pick one book and read it this semester. I have
>>> > two proposals: Either Marc Busquet's HOW THE UNIVERSITY WORKS or
>>> > Edu-factory's edited collection called TOWARD A GLOBAL AUTONOMOUS
>>> > UNIVERSITY.
>>>
>>> Another book to consider is "University, Inc":
>>>
>>> http://books.google.com/books?id=MD3dj8Hz7h0C
>>>
>>> I'll look for freeware.
>>>
>>> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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