Really interested essay on leaving academia and doing scholarship "on the outside".

Douglas Portmore asks: What effect does pedigree have on hiring decisions? He proposes a way to eliminate that, and his hypothesis is that it does have an impact. He then suggests this is a bad thing. There's no discussion yet, but I think this could get interesting.

A lot of buzz in the philosophy blogosphere regarding the APA - Here is a recent installment. The discussion is worth the read.

Someone writes to Leiter asking whether grad departments tell students not to apply to non-research 1 schools. Comments could be good.