Just Visiting

Matt Reed's post about "alternate careers" and plan B's got me thinking.

Audrey Watters chronicled the "debacles" of the last 10 years. Does it seem like anything has been learned?

And thanks to the readers.

Some bad notions of what helps students turn into good writers have been enshrined in curricular standards. We should root them out.

There are always lessons to be learned.

Books make great gifts. Some personal recommendations.

Students at the University of Cincinnati question their institution's budget and find it wanting.

David Eubanks, assistant vice president for institutional effectiveness at Furman University, urges us to move toward assessment that is genuinely meaningful.