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The end of the year offers some time to review the previous year and think about teaching. I am thankful...

This time of year, I take a break from my higher-ed wonkery and indulge in gadget wonkery. It’s the Consumer...

I am a Basecamp failure. I have failed at Basecamp. I have failed 37 Signals. Today I cancelled my Basecamp...

Grades from last semester are only a distant memory for most of us, but, as a new semester stretches out...

Two items of good news for the environment, one of them potentially very significant. First, it appears that Italy has...

I ended last semester with 58 student research papers to read and grade in 10 days. 700 (digital) pages to...

A new correspondent writes: What happens when a community college Human Resources department receives application materials for a job (in...

One of the most important, but least remarked upon, higher ed trends over the past 10 years has been the...