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The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Yesterday I had a chance to catch up with an old friend -- High School Friend on Wrong Ocean was...

Cellular Data Plans, Laptops, and Blended Learning

Does our ability to effectively do our jobs in a blended learning, web-enabled, educational model ultimately reduce to the robustness...

The Accidental Mentor

On my way back from Bandung, Indonesia, I received two messages which set me hollering in joy in the crowded...

What passes for thought leadership

A white paper recently crossed my desk. Issued by TRIRIGA, a facilities management consulting outfit recently purchased by IBM, it...

No More Spring Scrambles

This year, we're trying something different. As many a frustrated academic knows, there's a hiring season for full-time faculty. Broadly...

Google, Motorola, and Education

So Google is going to spend $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility. If you read Larry Page's post, one of...

Mothering at Mid-Career: "My Own Work"

Every fall it’s this way. Mid-August comes and I hit the panic button, realizing how much work I have left...

How Do You Define an Academic?

Last May, I left my teaching position without a job prospect in sight. It was a gamble, I admit; at...