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A Course is not a Class is not a Section
Are classes the same thing as courses and sections? Simple questions about student data can quickly disintegrate into details too...
College Bookstores and the Internet
Anecdotally, it looks like the new Higher Education Act is doing a number on college bookstores, and on bookstores in...
Thanks for the Internet (and Let's Make Sure We Keep It)
Can you remember what life was like before the Internet? I can ... but barely. I remember sending my first...
Why I have no long-term commitment to the "tools."
Tractors are tools. Growing up in Iowa, I was always impressed by the variety of tractors that were used for...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Muffins
Sometimes teaching is a lot like baking. It helps to have a goal, and to have the basics down, but...
Strictly silos
I got a bit of a shock last week; it reminded me just how strongly the disciplinary culture rules at...
Admission to higher education in Brazil: the ENEM debacle
On November 7, 2010, 3.3 million Brazilian secondary school graduates, hoping for a place in a university, took the National...
Are colleges that expose confidential student records vulnerable to class-action lawsuits? No.
Nice try, Mr. Grande, the plaintiff's lawyer, but I don't suspect there will be any cigars. Many articles on the...