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What I Wish Would Come Out of CES

This time of year, I take a break from my higher-ed wonkery and indulge in gadget wonkery. It’s the Consumer...

My Basecamp Failure

I am a Basecamp failure. I have failed at Basecamp. I have failed 37 Signals. Today I cancelled my Basecamp...

Math Geek Mom: One Final Review Day?

Grades from last semester are only a distant memory for most of us, but, as a new semester stretches out...

Some real good news

Two items of good news for the environment, one of them potentially very significant. First, it appears that Italy has...

Long Distance Mom: Criticism

I ended last semester with 58 student research papers to read and grade in 10 days. 700 (digital) pages to...

Ask the Administrator: HR as Black Hole

A new correspondent writes: What happens when a community college Human Resources department receives application materials for a job (in...

The Transition from Solo-to-Team Course Design

One of the most important, but least remarked upon, higher ed trends over the past 10 years has been the...

Good news, bad news, mortality and sex

A family member likes to say, referring to a single fact within a situation, "that's the good news -- it's...