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Car-ma (2) and chaos (2)
Pretty busy this week, with all the usual opening activities. Still, I stumbled across a couple of interesting post-scripts to...
Dear JSTOR: What Went Wrong?
Before I say anything else, I want to praise you for responding so quickly to concerns raised by librarians about...
A Formula for Increasing Enrollments Without Significantly Driving Up Costs?
"Restrictions on enrollments at community colleges, particularly, are among the factors that have driven students to for-profit institutions, where tuitions...
Students Arrive in One Week
600 international ESL students. 3 levels of English. 3 academic tracks in 2 divisions: undergraduate and graduate. 4 or 5...
Math Geek Mom: (Photo) Shopping in Cleveland
It is sometimes said that it would be good to find a “two handed economist”, as we are known for...
Augmented Reality and the Layar Reality Browser
I remember when I first saw the Verizon Wireless commercial featuring the Layar Reality Browser. It looked like something out...
Long Distance Mom: Lies My Teacher Told Me
Geez! Tuesday was the first day of school for my teenagers and my alarm did not go off! Either that...
Crashed and Burned!
Pity me, dear reader, as the hard drive on my notebook computer crashed earlier this month. While not as traumatic...