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It all revolves around economics

When I was in college, it took me a long time to decide what to major in. I started thinking...
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My 10 Best Audio Nonfiction Books of 2010

Audiobooks have changed my life. How often have we heard complaints that our students don't read enough? What if we...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Holiday Baking

Christmas is, for our family as for so many others, all about the traditions. But the way we observe the...
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Pseu-down-ymity

When I was first thinking about starting this blog, the editors at InsideHigherEd asked whether I intended it to be...
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Six months as an IHE blogger

I started writing for Inside Higher Ed this past July. With 45 posts and more than 19,000 words, it's a...
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If at First You Don't Succeed...

This story about course repeaters in California struck a chord with me. We’re facing a similar question at my own...
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The Joy of Teaching in Iraq

Jim Owens taught at community colleges, a state college and a private university before finding the ideal academic post.
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Misrepresenting the GAO

The watchdog's updated report on for-profit colleges does not change its conclusions one bit, Senator Tom Harkin writes.