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The future of publishing(?)
One of the little things I like about the National Research Council's recent report on the future of agriculture is...
Australia's Decline
A decade or more ago, the Australian government decided that international higher education could become a major income producer for...
Long Distance Mom: Abandoned
I’ve been traveling around the country lately talking about the B.P. oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, screening excerpts...
BIngo for Books
Last night TW and I took the kids to the local library for Bingo for Books. (It doubled as an...
3 Areas Where I May Be Wrong About Curricular Media Management Systems
In the spirit of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error , by Kathryn Schulz, I want to share...
The future of farming, at very least
The National Research Council has produced Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century, a report describing how farming practices...
Alma Mater
On my first day as president of Alma College in Michigan, an alumnus I’ve come to know and admire sent...
The Financial Crisis and Higher Education in the UK
The new UK coalition government presented its “emergency budget” to Parliament on 22 June. This aims to more or less...