Adjuncts and academic quality in higher education

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Data on faculty composition in higher education: 1969: 21.7% non-tenure track and 78.3% tenure-track positions. 2009: 66.5% ineligible for tenure and 33.5% tenure-track positions.[1] Three questions about quality in higher education, in light of the data. 1. Do adjuncts or tenure-trackers deliver better instruction? Adjuncts tend to be younger, hungrier, more excited about being instructors, […]

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Quoted in Wall Street Journal article on entrepreneurial satisfaction

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I’m quoted in this WSJ article by Charlie Wells on entrepreneurial satisfaction. The context is the difference between entrepreneurs of opportunity and entrepreneurs of necessity. Here’s a link to the online version. The article also ran in the US print edition. Source: Charlie Wells, “Why Some Entrepreneurs Feel Fulfilled — but Others Don’t. Money is

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*Virtues in Entrepreneurship* anthology published by Ratio Institute

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My essay “Virtue, Entrepreneurial Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility” has been published in Virtue in Entrepreneurship, edited by Nils Karlson, Mikolaj Norek, and Karl Wennberg (Stockholm: Ratio Institute, 2015). Other contributors include Deirdre McCloskey, Eugene Heath, Art Carden, Lynette Osiemo, Robert Gemmel, David Lipka, Elina Fergin, and Rasmus Nykvist. The book is available in Sweden

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