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Mission Possible? Teaching Social Sciences to Engineering Students

I have been teaching Media and Art History courses to Engineering and Architecture students at a technical university for the...

Conflicted Expectations

Yesterday’s piece in IHE about traps that college presidents routinely fall into is well worth a read. It outlines several...

Long Distance Mom: Domestic Pathology

Todd Haynes’s adaptation of Hollywood noir writer James M. Cain’s novel, Mildred Pierce (1941) , premiered on HBO recently. Kate...

Academic employment - security (2)

A couple of folks wrote in response to my statement that tuition benefits for my children were a factor in...

Buying Blackboard: Thoughts on Questions from Casey Green

Casey Green's analysis of the news that Blackboard is in play is a must read. Unfortunately, my gut seems to...

ABC's and PhD's: Race to Nowhere

I had another blog planned, but I just got back from a presentation of the film “Race to Nowhere,” (see...

Bait

Tenured Radical has a thoughtful piece about faculty taking the bait when students with political agendas try to provoke them...

A Checklist for Deciding to Read 'Super Sad True Love Story'

To determine if you should read Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart please check the following...