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There is a concept in economics called a “tournament”. It notices that one way to motivate people to do something...

On occasion, I get a flash of brilliance that's actually a good idea. More often, they're insights which either were...

This piece in IHE, and its comments, hit home with me. It’s a variation on a dilemma I face every...

I am writing this column from the annual conference that I attend every year with fellow academics — the University...

The discussion around the economics of higher education yesterday was really amazing. I now have a list of articles and...

Several sessions were held this week by Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) at the University of Illinois at...

In case you missed it a couple of weeks back, a boat constructed almost entirely from re-purposed plastic soda bottles...

Much of the debate on the globalization of higher education and knowledge production focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...