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Breaking News: The State of the News Media
I have a soft spot for hard news. Every year, at around this time, I have students read the Society...
Math Geek Mom: The Discussion Continues
I usually enjoy reading comments to my columns, and my column from last week was no exception. I picked up...
NASPA: Technology, iPads, Twitter, Social Media, PLNs, and Kudos
As I write this post on a plane back to Oregon from Philadelphia I am struck by the immense amount...
Progressive Discipline and the Tenure Clock
In most non-tenure based settings, managers use “progressive discipline” to address many employee issues. Progressive discipline is the practice of...
Mater: De Facto et De Jure
“One baby, one book,” my adviser told me, when as an ambitious, twenty-three-year-old, Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University, I announced...
Proposed Course: The Learning Universe of Curtis J. Bonk
Some people deserve their own courses. They are both interesting and prolific enough that only in the context of a...
Long Distance Mom: 'Superman' and Teacher Evaluation
There’s been a lot of negative media lately, particularly surrounding education and teachers' unions in Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. My...
Separation anxiety
Illinois decision to decouple IT chain of command from the academic one, and resignation of a displeased CIO, sparks debate on "centralized" technology.