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Sean Kennedy started the topic The (Capitalist) Devil is in the Details… in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoAn analysis by the MLA Subconference collective re CSA 2015 and the MLA Subconference 2015.
To read the full post, click here.
The (Capitalist) Devil is in the Details, or, the theory and praxis of academic conferences
The academic conference is a microcosm of academia as a whole and contains all of the latter’s contradictions. Primary among t…
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Jaime Brenes Reyes deposited Farmacia literaria: Cortázar y compañía in the group
Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoLiteratura (búsqueda) + Fármaco (remedio y veneno) = literatura fantástica. Posibles reacciones: lectura obsesionada y sin parar, entrada a otras dimensiones de la realidad, nuevas maneras de entender la relación entre sujeto y objeto. Este curso se centra en la farmacia literaria del escritor argentino Julio Cortázar, además de aquéllos que in…[Read more]
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Jaime Brenes Reyes deposited Farmacia literaria: Cortázar y compañía in the group
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoLiteratura (búsqueda) + Fármaco (remedio y veneno) = literatura fantástica. Posibles reacciones: lectura obsesionada y sin parar, entrada a otras dimensiones de la realidad, nuevas maneras de entender la relación entre sujeto y objeto. Este curso se centra en la farmacia literaria del escritor argentino Julio Cortázar, además de aquéllos que in…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Getting Your Work Out There With CORE in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoMLA Commons now comes with a repository (the CORE button in the top menu on the right) which allows you to upload articles, syllabi, dissertation chapters, conference papers, data sets, works-in-progress, talks, blog posts, etc. You retain the copyright to your work, but you get the opportunity to publicize it or request feedback on a draft by…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic New MLA resource site for non-academic careers in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI invite members of this group who might be interested in exploring careers beyond university teaching to explore our new site for the Connected Academics initiative. Content—interviews, advice, resources—will updated regularly, but please let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see up there.
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Sheila Smith McKoy started the topic CFP: HIV/AIDS: A Contemporary Comparison of Culture, People and Survival in the discussion
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoThe HIV/AIDS epidemic has impacted human life in ways that no other disease has in human history. The reasons for this impact are numerous and discouraging. The virus is spread through the intimate contact that defines itself. There is no cure for it. There is no vaccine. In fact, even the thought of human trials to test the efficacy of va…[Read more]
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Suzanne Saunders replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoThank you, again, for your helpful comments! I will pass them along to the student.
At this point, she will be pursuing her MA through SNHU, but still wants to check out her options.
The reason why I am helping her investigate how online MA programs are perceived is because the faculty at our campus want her to pursue her MA at our school, but…[Read more]
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Rachel Neff replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI have no opinion of SNHU. I haven’t heard any horror stories from fellow military partners, but that doesn’t mean the Great Google doesn’t have a few tales.
I’d tell your student to ask her future program to give her the names and emails of some current students. Just as if she were going to attend the program in person, I’d have her ask these…[Read more]
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Suzanne Saunders replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoHi Rachel,
Thank you so much for your comments! They are very helpful.
I have shared your experience and comments with my student, and she has two more questions. I hope you do not mind me passing them along to you, but this is what she would like to know:
What is your opinion of SNHU as an on line graduate program?
In which program are you…[Read more]
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Rachel Neff replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI completely understand your student’s desire to have a portable degree, since I too am attached to someone in the military and am currently pursing an online master’s (I already hold a tradition master’s and doctorate).
Online degrees are losing their stigma. However, one had to consider the reputation of the school providing the degree. If it’s…[Read more]
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Suzanne Saunders started the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI have a student who is graduating with a B.A. in English and wants to pursue an M.A. in English through an online graduate program. The school is accredited and has a physical campus, but my student would be enrolled in the online graduate program only. She is choosing an online option because her husband is in the military, and they will be…[Read more]
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