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Technology 1, ‘Credential Society’ 0
Randall Collins’s recently reissued 1979 book arguing that education and training are about credentialing rather than skills rings false in the digital age, Ryan Craig argues.
Don’t Romanticize Faculty Governance
We faculty members are capable of both intellectual rigor and self-serving small-mindedness, astounding courage and craven pettiness. We are and are not special, writes Kathryn D. Blanchard.
Signaling
Course re-takes aren't a problem for most of today's students.
How to Help New Hires
Creating an accommodating and hospitable environment will not only help new faculty members tackle their jobs effectively but will also better serve everyone, Junior Prof writes.
The Problem With Diversity Questions
We would do well to replace them with more tangible queries about teaching and mentoring, argues Alex Small.
Classes That Stuck
Which high school courses matter most, then and now?