Stephen Downes

Stanley Fish retires and thus concludes his run of columns for the Chronicle of Higher Education. I spent the morning reading a series of remarkable items (a column like this is, after all, the way people used to blog). Among the highlights (in no particular order): The case for academic autonomy, Clueless in academe, Promises, promises, One university under God, and Minimalism. The Chronicle provides links to all his columns since 2001. My own reflections on the nature of retirement and the meaning of life, prompted by this morning's readings.