American Association of University Professrs – Studying Religion in Culture

A Response to “Responsible Research Practices,” Part 12: Highest Standards

August 7, 2015 by Russell McCutcheon

This is an installment in an ongoing series on the American Academy of Religion’s recently released draft statement on research responsibilities. An index of the complete series (updated as each article is posted) can be found here. The thirteenth and final item included in the draft document reads as follows: At this point in the series there’s not really all that much left to say. For in my reading, there’s too little specificity to the document’s claims to assist us […]

A Response to “Responsible Research Practices,” Part 11: Research Assistants

August 5, 2015 by Russell McCutcheon

This is an installment in an ongoing series on the American Academy of Religion’s recently released draft statement on research responsibilities. An index of the complete series (updated as each article is posted) can be found here. The second to the last item on the draft document is the only one that concerns our work with students — odd, if you think about it, since much of teaching concerns preparing them to be researchers themselves, so you’d think that a […]

Test-Taking Skills Do Not = An Education

August 25, 2013 by Russell McCutcheon

Did you hear President Obama’s speech at the University of Buffalo the other day, on how to address increasing costs in higher education? Here’s the final paragraph from the response of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP): Read the AAUP’s whole statement here. […]