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MARK MADOFF'S POSTMODERN SUICIDE
Emile Durkheim, the great French sociologist, tells us that there are four kinds of suicide. None of the four really...
Tenure: Mend It, Don't End It
The debate over the merits of faculty tenure at universities is perennial, passionate, and polarized. Supporters hold that tenure is...
This Year's Market Indicator
Over the past year, my college has advertised for both tenure-track faculty positions and administrative positions. (More of the former...
4 Reasons I'm Obsessed with Ed Tech Acquisitions
"Why are you beating this horse to death? I mean how many blog posts about Blackboard getting bought can you...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Grading Week, Procrastination, and Social Media
It may be exam week for my students — and my daughter — but it’s grading week for me. This...
Free Speech and the Internet
What do Amazon, Google, Facebook, I.S.P.s and most Internet corporations have in common? They are all private, for-profit corporations. What...
YouTube, WebEx and Blackboard
Acquiring Blackboard would make strategic sense for Google, Microsoft or Cisco. Price matters, and Blackboard is expensive at a market...
All the President's Books
In my two years working in the president's office at Harvard University, before I was laid off in spring, I...
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