Over at Faculty Lounge, Brian Clarke mentioned me (in an kind way) in the process of picking at a particularly popular scab right now – the balance within faculties between practice and scholarship chops. (It’s a lot easier to make an extended comment in TypePad than in the comments, and I don’t want to hijack Brian’s thread, so I’m closing comments here, and invite commenters to head thataway.)
I’ve written at some length