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Students and Social Media
Last week’s StratEDgy post focused on Social Media and Teaching. Faculty reported that one barrier preventing them from using social media was a concern about privacy. As a counterpoint to that perspective, here our attention is on student use of social media. Most students have the opposite problem – a sort of apathy toward privacy issues.
Challenges in Digital Humanities
It's not all sunshine and rainbows for digital humanities
5 Great Reads for Grad Students
I’ve discovered a lot of great books related to academic and research life. In the past couple weeks I have written about The Checklist Manifesto and The Nerdist Way, but here are five more books to add to that list:
The Reciprocal Benefits of Inclusion
I read this New York Times article, on non-wealthy and minority children who attend elite schools, and this IHE series, on dealing with racism on campus, with interest. It seems that isolation of students who are "different" is a widespread and tenacious problem that can begin as early as elementary school.
Kids and Cars
I grew up during the time that Detroit’s Big 3 ruled the automobile industry and grew up with an automobile being an important part of my American dream.
Friday Fragments
This piece on the implications for higher ed in the election is well worth a read. Among other things, it...
Preparing for the Phone Interview
If you're on the academic job market this fall, chances are you will soon be facing the prospect of a phone interview. In my discipline, rhetoric and composition, phone interviews generally happen after a candidate has applied for a job and responded to a request for more materials from an interested program.
Why I Support an Open Definition of DH
Big Tent DH is actually a good thing.
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