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What is a Course in Higher Ed?

My 200-level students last semester proposed or redesigned a university-level course for their final assignment.* They were allowed to make...

Rights and the General Welfare of Society

In response to my last blog, John commented very keenly. By the time I was finished with a rejoinder, it...

Learning to lead?

A recent post by David Roberts on Grist promises the top five stories of 2010 for "climate hawks" (Grist's new...

Funding Argentine universities

After a period of high growth between the 1993 and 1998, the Argentine economy underwent a significant slowdown that ultimately...

Bad News, Good News: Riding the RSS Roller Coaster

Browsing RSS feeds is always an adventure, yanking me around from dystopia to utopia as I go from one link...

A Good "School" Friend

Last week we had parent/teacher conferences for The Boy and The Girl. We’re lucky enough that parent/teacher conferences pretty much...

It all revolves around economics

When I was in college, it took me a long time to decide what to major in. I started thinking...

My 10 Best Audio Nonfiction Books of 2010

Audiobooks have changed my life. How often have we heard complaints that our students don't read enough? What if we...