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My Learning Mistakes

I'm in the learning business, which makes my tendency to slip into "schoolyard folk wisdom, or empty theorizing" about learning...

Math Geek Mom: Existence Theorems

As I work proofs with my Calculus and Higher Geometries students, I often run across the Greek symbol that, in...

TED gets Linked

One of the most significant annual conferences each year (actually two -- one in the USA and one across the...

Long Distance Mom: Jane Addams

September 6th was the 150th birthday of writer, philosopher and political activist Jane Addams --the first woman to receive the...

iPads in action

The iPad is being given to students at campuses all over the United States. Framed as "magical and revolutionary," the...

Ask the Administrator: How to Play the Reorg?

A new correspondent writes: I'm a librarian at a community college. The Library and Tutoring Center together make up the...

Naming Assumptions

For women in the academy, one’s name is akin to a passport which under no circumstance must you tamper with...

A View From MiddleMgmt of the U of P

Great dialogue this week in our discussion of the relationship between the for-profit and non-profit educational sectors. Thank you to...