Podcast #27 Please! Just...Let...It...Go!

We loved one essay that we decided not to discuss: Trust Me, I'm a Doctor about the disparity between what people think we make as professors and the reality of what professors earn.  Read it.  You will laugh out loud in recognition.

The essay we decided to discuss is Goodbye to All That from the March 28, 2008 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education (Careers Section).   The essay suggests that most dissertations really aren't book material.  Both Jason and I have been able to mine our dissertations for publishable stuff (well, actually, my pilot study was publishable), but we agree with Rachel Toor that the notion that all dissertations should be turned into books is really out of control and should be reconsidered.

Programming Note: I will be on a whirlwind campus speaking tour.  We may be late getting our next podcast out or may skip next week altogether.