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Our Wise Politicians
Do we need politicians with a serious academic background to increase the general quality of the public debates? Or, is...
Krugman's Challenge
Regular readers know that I'm consistently disappointed in the New York Times' coverage of higher ed, since it mostly boils...
Courses are Apps, Colleges are Platforms
Courses are Apps, Colleges are Platforms. Courses are like Apps Because: Courses and apps are self-contained. Courses and apps are...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Role Models, Redux
Sometimes I wonder where I even got the idea to be an English professor. It certainly wasn’t from observing my...
#WLSalt - Sustain. Affirm. Lift. Transform.
Student affairs professionals frequently use hashtags on Twitter to organize around specific topics and add context to their tweets. One...
Nobody Calls
In a recent discussion with a very highly-placed political figure, I heard something disturbing. We were talking about the series...
Should You Read 'Why the West Rules - For Now'
Yes. Ian Morris' Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future is...
Growing Up in Academia
I have friends who are well advanced in their (non-academic) careers—they are senior managers, higher-ups in government bureaucracies, established account...