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How an academic is not a business executive
At times of increasing entrepreneurialism in universities, when budget pressures drive higher education administrators to press professors to think and...
Gleicking "The Information"
Gleick verb, Gleick'd, Gleicking to synthesize large amounts of information and present in an informative, educational and enjoyable format to...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Sprint/Spring
When I went to type the title of this post -- “Sprint” -- my fingers went to a different word...
A World Without Community Colleges
In the wake of yesterday’s post, which prompted notes from several alert readers reminding me that other states (such as...
TED: Swap "Education" for "Entertainment"
Should TED replace "Entertainment" with " Education"? Doesn't "Technology, Education, Design" make more sense than "Technology, Entertainment, Design"? Entertainment? We've...
Reno 911
With Wisconsin and Ohio getting most of the national attention lately, I’ve been struck by the amazing goings-on in other...
Is Changing Higher Ed Really Possible?
For all of my pie-in-the-sky musings about why you should blog, I have become increasingly troubled by a nagging feeling...
The next stage of assessment
For all of us as educators, the Lumina Foundation draft report on “The Degree Qualifications Profile” needs to be must...