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Speaking Through Verse
William L. Fox on why, as a president, he works poetry into many of his speeches, and why doing so resonates with alumni.
An Instructor Tech Floor
Dean Dad's "A Nerdy Academic's Tech Wish List" got me thinking about what tech behaviors and abilities that I wish...
Math Geek Mom: A Difficult Decision
In economics, we talk about education as a way to build “human capital”, which will later be put to productive...
Top killed
As I write this, the latest news is that BP's "top kill" tactic seems to have stopped the Gulf of...
Beware Higher Ed's 'Mad Men'
In 1981, Grey Poupon took the nation by storm. Although the little-known Dijon mustard had been manufactured for more than...
In Which I Celebrate Myself, and Sing Myself
At the BookExpo America conference in New York City this week, the winners of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the...
Read the Bad Facebook Book
This recommendation is only for people who work in higher education. Civilians should stay away. I have 3 reasons why...
A Nerdy Academic's Tech Wish List
All that discussion of 'unbundling' and new technology in yesterday's post got me thinking about some gadgetry I'd like to...