The Free-Lance Professor
What if professors could give certificates of credit that could be used at any university?
Author Profile
Troy Camplin
Troy Camplin lives in Richardson, Texas, and has a Ph.D. in the humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is currently a freelance writer and writing consultant. He has taught English in middle school, high school, and college. He is the author of Diaphysics, an interdisciplinary work on systems philosophy and Hear the Screams of the Butterfly, a novella. Camplin's other projects involve the application of F.A. Hayek's spontaneous order theory to ethics, the arts, and literature, and the development of comparative spontaneous orders. His play, Almost Ithacad, won the PIA Award from the Cyberfest at Dallas Hub Theater. He blogs at Interdisciplinary World.Articles by Troy Camplin
Egypt’s Revolution and Higher Education
What happens when thousands of well-educated college graduates can’t find jobs?
The Fading Hope of Interdisciplinary Studies
A university program that should integrate all academic knowledge doesn’t live up to its own weak standards.
Freshman Composition and the Sonnet
One instructor uses a tool largely unfamiliar to college freshmen, the Shakespearean sonnet.
At Home with the Kids and My Ph.D.
A humanities instructor faces financial and ethical challenges, ending up back home.
From Trivium to Triviality
College composition today teaches students next to nothing.