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| Portland State Univ. professor to face discipline for exposing shoddy scholarship |
| 2019-01-10 |
| Follow-up to an earlier article posted at Rantburg [WashingtonTimes] A scholar whose carefully crafted fiction helped expose the rot within some sectors of the modern academy is now under fire from his home, Portland State University, although prominent academics throughout the West have risen to his defense. Peter Boghossian, an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University in Oregon, led a trio of scholars last year who submitted to leading publications what they called "intentionally broken" papers on gender, race and sexuality. Several of the absurd pieces were published. More at site... |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #5 Beso - Portland State ain't exactly Clemson or FSU on the sports program front - not a jock factory by any stretch. Posted by Raj Thanks for the 'flag' Raj. I'll switch to a smaller brush. Yes, Clemson and FSU for sure. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-10 09:49 |
| #4 Beso - Portland State ain't exactly Clemson or FSU on the sports program front - not a jock factory by any stretch. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-01-10 09:45 |
| #3 But, but, but if the standards are restored we'll have no sports program. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-10 09:21 |
| #2 "We've gotta protect our phony baloney jobs! We must do something about this immediately!" Gov. William J. Le' Petomane. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-10 08:39 |
| #1 He's a threat to the very foundations of modern academia - burn him at the stake! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-01-10 00:49 |