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Enterprise vs. Consumer Learning Technologies
The 7/22 article in the NYTimes, "Windows Upgrade Helps Microsoft to a Record Quarter," got me thinking about enterprise vs...
Mothering at Mid-Career: A Good Stage
Recently I’ve been remembering a conversation I had with my dad many years ago — when my husband and I...
Bread crumb the second - In the car
Not too long ago, I had my car repaired. It's got about 100K miles on it and, being a GM...
Bread crumb the first - In the hotel
Recently, Frau R. and I went on vacation, and stayed in a chain hotel (not my favorite choice, but at...
When Tenure Disappears: Walking Away from the Ivory Towers
When William Julius Wilson wrote When Work Disappears in 1996, he wasn’t saying that work was actually disappearing. He was...
The Grown-up Brain and Us
What if the real purpose of education should be to prepare our brains to function well throughout our lifespan? What...
The Reentry Problem
As noted here, I had an idyllic vacation last week. I felt nourished and even transformed by it—as sometimes happens...
How Higher Ed Makes Most Things Meaningless
Lee Skallerup My academic research will not change the world. Don’t get me wrong; I love the authors I am...